Helping the Homeless Back on Their Feet -- and Running

you get that feeling, a sense of freedom."

Anne Mahlum started a running club for homeless people called, "Back on Their Feet."

(Courtesy of Anne Mahlum)

"It takes me somewhere else," Vernon Weeks, another runner said, "A healthy body, a healthy mind."

The Back on My Feet homeless running club has jogged well over 3,000 miles and counting.

"When we're running, you can't tell. When people look at us, they don't point and go, 'Yeah, he's homeless, she's not, she's educated.'" Mahlum explained, "You look and say, 'Oh, look at the runners.' That's a positive association, because there's no separation."

But now the seasoned marathoner-turned-philanthropist has unexpected competition: "I used to be the first one that was finished, now I'm the last. They've dropped me because these guys are so quick and they're so fit, and it's just really cool to see that."