I read an interesting article on Medium the other day, in which Paul Flannery, an American sports journalist, talks about why he and countless others have turned to running as a way of coping with
…Author: Neil Baxter
Whenever I get asked about the subject of my PhD I have to suppress the urge to launch into a sort of paranoid defence of the sociological relevance and intellectual seriousness of my research topic. Running
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Second part of my selection of important or interesting running statistics derived mainly from the Big Running Survey. …
What stops runners from running as much as they'd like? This post explore some of the most common barriers, and how they change over the life course. …
This post presents a selection of statistics covering a range of running demographics, from participation rates and gender balance to ethnicity and disability. …
Here's a list of key running statistics based on sources including the Big Running Survey, which canvased the opinions of 2,700 runners on their running practices, motivations and attitudes. Follow the links for more detail. …
Taken at face value, the Big Running Survey data suggests that women are indeed less competitive than men. Only 16% of the women surveyed reported a strong motivation to do well in races compared to
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There is a paradox at the heart of running: It is simultaneously the most accessible of sports and one of the most socially elitist. …
Why do I spend so much of my time researching running?
I’ve been asked variants of this question on many occasions… I’ve even asked it myself a couple of times at low moments during my PhD!
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