- Girls on the Run Utah empowers girls through an eight-week program combining running and life-lessons.
- About 2,000 girls participate in the program statewide.
SALT LAKE CITY — Lots of people come to Sugar House Park to get away from it all for a little while.
A group of girls was among them Friday morning, but what they were hoping to get away from could be a little harder to leave behind.
“In a world where being a girl is being told what to do, how to act, how to think, Girls on the Run exists to teach girls that you can be more than just that,” said Brooke Chamberlain, who is a coordinator with the group. “You can use your voice. You can be strong. You can accomplish hard things.”…