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Skid Row runners making strides in pursuit of new life

By Agence France-Presse in Los Angeles | China Daily | Updated: 2016-12-21 07:14

Recovering addicts and homeless people find therapy and meaning in jogging club

Dawn is breaking over downtown Los Angeles as a small group of men and women set off on a 10-kilometer run from Skid Row, the epicenter of the city's homelessness crisis.

They are part of the Midnight Runners, an unusual running team made up mostly of recovering addicts and homeless people seeking a new lease on life.

Skid Row runners making strides in pursuit of new life

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