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Utah State Correctional Facility held its first Fit From Within marathon Nov. 21.

Former inmate Casey Vanderhoef praised running for aiding mental and physical health.

Courtney Wayment highlighted running's power to connect people, even in prison settings.

SALT LAKE CITY — For some of the men currently serving time in the Utah State Correctional Facility, running is a special privilege.

Running a marathon is an even greater opportunity.

In a fenced-in field with a paved circle, a few dozen men ran 26.2 miles on Nov. 21 in the prison's first-ever Fit From Within marathon — some jogged, others walked and even a few did the race in a wheelchair.

The men who participated had been training for months, having raced in a half-marathon last Ju

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