Milwaukee Is America’s Most Segregated City. These Runners Are Changing That.

IT`S MAY 2019, and for a Tuesday evening after work, the energy is buzzing. Here, just outside the Riverwest Filling Station—a crafty neighborhood bar near Milwaukee’s East Side—Tenia Fisher gathers the F.E.A.R. running crew in a parking lot to warm up for their weekly evening run. Just one month prior, the members kicked off their fifth season, clocking countless miles, training for marathons, and cheering one another on, in life and on the road. Over the years they’ve become more like family than a running club.

Before embarking on their route, the runners strike a festive pose in front of a chain link fence. “Your favorite crew at it again!” reads the Instagram post. Then they charge out, crisscrossing city streets for four miles before returning to high-fives and dabbing sweat with the napkins pulled out from under celebratory beers back at the bar....
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