josh clark started running. to help get other people running and he put it on his website.he know where it would take him. i had never had particular success with fitness. to a gym or try running, i was met with defeat. kind of person. a lot of excess energy and ijust started running. it was something i had never enjoyed and i didn't enjoy it then. and instantly thinking, why am i doing this? was something that could actually feel really good and rewarding. meditative even. before to start running. in order to start running. of running much sooner. a runner in nine weeks? seconds. of stress and ability into the body. so i was telling everybody. running and the benefits of it. suddenly the thing began to blow up. around the programme and that grew kind of outside of me. i think it continues to. around the world. millions from nearly every country. you know, anybody can run. we do it all the time as kids. laughing the whole time. you can recapture that spirit. that ability is within almost all of us. but i'm working on that. i'm working on them. our next film takes us back to

in 1996 to get over a bad relationship break—up josh clark started running. weeks, having caught the bug, he decided to create a plan to help get other people running and he put it on his website. little did he know where it would take him. i had never had particular success with this. i always thought it was for someone else, but when i would go to a gym or try running, i was met with defeat. i guess that is not for me, i am not that kind of person. in my early 20s i had a bad break—up and in that moment i had a lot of excess energy and ijust started running. it was something i had never enjoyed and i didn't enjoy it then. i remember putting on my shoes and going out the door and instantly thinking, why am i doing this? after running for a few weeks the discomfort of it and the pain and the slowness all sort of faded away and i began to realise this was something that could actually feel really good and rewarding. meditative even. part of what i created in that period was a schedule called couch to 5k which was intended to help people who had never gone runn

clark in 1996. couch to 5k builds from a few seconds of running, to longer distances, over a series of weeks. josh know, i'd never had real success with fitness. i always thought it was for someone else. when i would go to a gym or try running, i was sort of met with defeat. i was like, "oh, i guess that's not for me, i'm not that kind of person." in my early 20s, i had a bad break—up and at that moment i had a lot of excess energy and ijust started running. it was something i had never enjoyed and i didn't enjoy it then. i remember putting on my shoes and going out the door and instantly thinking, "why am i doing this?" after running for a few weeks, the discomfort of it and the pain and the slowness all sort of faded away and i began to realise this was sort of something that could actually feel really good and rewarding. meditative, even. part of what i created in that period was a schedule called couch to 5k, which was intended to help people who had never gone running before to start running. one of the things i really wanted to do was basically figure out, how do you avoid the painful, drear