Until July 2007, Michael Solomon hadn’t been for a run in 20 years. His wife had just died, and he was living at the Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission in Philadelphia when Anne Mahlum walked into the shelter looking for a few running partners.

Solomon says he originally decided to start running with her to relieve stress and get a good workout, but then “one thing led to another, and this running was a little more than a workout.”

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