Bower Hinton, Ash and Martock (BHAM) running group was set up by Neil in the summer of 2016. After a renewed love of running and realising that his best runs were always with other people - strangers, friends or family, Neil wanted to start a group for his local villagers. With only two on the first session, it was back to the drawing board for Neil to do some more research. After chatting to the local parkrun and people in the surrounding villages they decided that a Couch to 5k was the biggest need, so in October 2016 they launched their first beginners programme called #zero2hero. The name is due to the fact that it’s no mean feat to pull on a pair of trainers and join a running group, and all of those people who turned up at the park on the first night really were superheroes!
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