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Metro Run & Walk co-owner Mark Russell (left) fits Ashley Baldeon and her daughter Bianca of Springfield (fourth grade at Saratoga Elementary School) for a new pair of running shoes.

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When Jahangir Raja moved to Springfield over a decade ago, it wasn’t a favorable time for a heavily bearded Muslim native of Pakistan to find a job in America. He came shortly after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

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