Running is Redemption

Image of Michael and Ruthie Dean

On Saturday, thousands of people-runners, people that would qualify as ‘elderly’, costume-clad individuals, & even non-athletes-awoke before dawn and gathered around Centeniel Park for the annual Country Music Marathon and Half Marathon. Adrenaline & the god-aweful smell from the porta potties wafted over the streets; people checked their watches obsessively counting down ’til race time; […]