This interview aired in the July 25, 2023 episode of Crosscurrents.
I took that same marathon mindset to everything I’m involved in….all I gotta do is do it and eventually I’ll be good at it.Steve Brooks
When you enter the San Quentin Prison Yard, you’ll pass pull-up bars, picnic tables, tennis courts, and a big baseball diamond. People walk to and from classes and groups. Others give each other haircuts, playing cards or musical instruments. On the concrete, there’s a faint white outline of a running track. It circles a quarter mile around the bustling yard. If you run around that track 105 times, you’ll have completed the San Quentin Marathon. Every year, incarcerated people train to complete the race. And for many, running is more than a way to work out. Uncuffed Producer Steve Brooks shares his journey to becoming a marathoner at San Quentin.
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