Three days each week, runners converge on Skid Row in the early morning hours to head out on a five-mile route that's both gritty and scenic
The Skid Row Running Club was founded in 2012 by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Craig Mitchell and while running is the activity, mentorship, friendship and overcoming addiction are the life-changing side benefits. Three days each week, runners converge on Skid Row in the early morning hours to head out on a five-mile route that's both gritty and scenic -- across the 6th Street Bridge, to Hollenbeck Park in Boyle Heights, and then back across the 1st Street Bridge.
One of the members, Rebecca Hayes, was living on the streets of Los Angeles before the Midnight Mission and the running club changed her life. She is now a nurse. 'They built me up and they saw bigger things for my life that I couldn't see at the time,' Hayes said. 'I just never had never been athletic, my addiction had just got in the way of everything.' Goal setting is important for the clus, as there's always something to train for.
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