West Side joggers hit the pavement bright and early for a common cause
CBS 2's Jackie Kostek has the story of one man on a mission to change the narrative in his native Garfield Park through health and fitness. She caught up with him as he and the group set out for a weekly long run."It's all surrounded around love. That's the biggest thing that people get when they come to Peace Runners; a place where it's inclusive, and they can just show up as themselves, and we love them as themselves," he said.
"We know that, if people are moving, then we can start to get them lined up as far as like with the diet. Once we throw in the diets, and yoga, and get them to start to value themselves, have them more confident for themselves, once that happens, it's just the progression of every single person," he said."My mom first inspired me. Coming home and noticing that she had some health issues, I wanted to help her," Hoffman said.
"It went from ESPN – watching me on ESPN – and then coming back home to working at Walgreens, and people would walk in and be like, 'Jackie Hoffman?' And I would be like, 'oooh.' But it needed to happen for me, and it just made me reflect on myself, and say like, 'what else is life going to come with? What is for you?'" he said.
"With my own health scare, it's kind of like, making a decision that I have a goal. I want to live to 100. That's my goal. So it's like, what can I do to make that happen?" said Peace Runners member Mattie Buckley.
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