Running Stories is a series to tie in with the interest in fitness and rejuvenation that January brings.
These are tales of how running has changed people's lives.

After experiencing a lot of "very negative relationships", Jerry turned to drugs and alcohol before getting help from a therapist who suggested she started running.
She's now 27 and has completed five half-marathons. But there was a time when she "didn't think there was a way out" of her depression and severe social anxiety. Jerry "felt like she was dying" when she first started but now she has control over her life - and aims to become a personal trainer to help people in a similar situation to her.

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