I’m a Runner: Bear Grylls (Runner’s World – (05/01/2011)
The sixth season of Man vs. Wild tests Grylls’s survival skills in remote areas of Arizona, Scotland, and Borneo.
How did you get started running?
In the military. In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running. We would go until we ended up vomiting on the side of the road. Once I left the military, I gave up running for a while. It took me a while to realize it doesn’t have to be like that. Running can be a great therapeutic way of training. These days I push myself hard, but I also slow down and take it easy sometimes. It doesn’t have to be full-on hard all the time.