Kristen Jones is proof that every step down Broad Street is a step out of darkness.
When the thoughts got heavy, Jones said she turned to running to make her world a little lighter.
"It clears my head and it makes processing difficult emotions," she said.
Some of those difficult emotions were triggered by a hormonal imbalance, she says doctors diagnosed her with a couple of years ago.
"I've gained a considerable amount of weight and a lot of that is due to hormonal imbalances," she said. "Depression is definitely one of them."
She found success in running three to five times a week.
Jones has joined her employer's running team, The Independence Blue Cross Blue Streaks.
She says being part of that 135-member group was a chance to outrun her thoughts, and eventually run towards hope.