The Healing Power of the Marathon

liz@coloradocolfaxmarathon.org — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:03:00 GMT

"People who get high on Denver's Colfax Avenue are usually doing drugs, not running. Nick Sterner and his son Nick Jr. have done both.

"Two years ago, the Sterners called Colfax Avenue home. The main drag through town, lined with seedy motels, dive bars, and pawnshops, is where they met their basic needs--scoring and selling drugs.

"I remember being 18 years old, walking around Colfax with a pound of weed, a quarter ounce of meth, and a pistol in a backpack," says Nick Jr., 23. "If you had asked me what I was going to do with my future, I would have told you I'd be dead or in prison by the time I was 30."

"That prospect seems unlikely now. In May, both Sterners returned to Colfax with a new addiction--running. The father and son completed the Post-News Colorado Colfax Marathon with 13 other recovering addicts from the Denver Rescue Mission, which provides a residential shelter for homeless men..."

Read the rest of the story by John Meyer at Runner's World.

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The Healing Power of the Marathon