SALT LAKE CITY — A 22-year-old Utahn is on a 420-mile journey across Utah on foot in an attempt to raise money for suicide awareness.

Adam Burns said that he decided he wanted to do something difficult to raise money for suicide prevention over a year ago. He has struggled with his mental health for most of his life, and at times, he had absolutely no hope that the future would be any better.

It was fitness and running that started to change things for him.

“497 days ago, I started a run streak. My goal was to just make it 100 days of running every day, and then through that, I kind of started to fall in love with running, and it sort of fixed my mental health issues,” he said.

His personal struggles have inspired him to help others by showing that things get better and that there is a

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