What A Group Of Inner-City Teens Is Teaching Me About Running

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Earlier this year, I started a new nonprofit organization called Marathon High. The goal is to train high school students to run a 13.1 mile half-marathon, while also teaching them the valuable life skills that we all get from long-distance running. In a sense, it's bringing the classroom onto the road. And with 20 years of running experience, I was sure I would be the one teaching them, but as it turns out, the students at one particular inner-city school are teaching me some pretty valuable lessons too. More »Post from: Blisstree
 
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