Pirkko Markula is a professor of socio-cultural studies of physical activity at the University of Alberta, Canada. His current list of projects includes collaborations with national and provincial sport organizations, focused on inclusivity and diversity His work has appeared in various journals including The Sociology of Sport Journal and Leisure/Loisir.

His research interests include: the emergence of ultra-endurance sports as forms of leisure activities social and political aspects of health sport-related pain and injury and, gender, sexuality, and sport. His teaching and research focus on socio-cultural aspects of the body, sport, physical activity, and health. William Bridel is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology at the University of Calgary, Canada. Digging In: The Sociological Phenomenology of 'Doing Endurance' in Distance-Running ( John Hockey & Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson) 16. Hitting a Purple Patch: Building High Performance Runners at Runtleborough University ( P. An Interdisciplinary Conversation About Running Between Two Academics Who Run ( M. Ultrarunning: Space, Place, and Social Experience ( Maylon Hanold) 13. 'My hormones were all messed up': Understanding Female Runners Experiences of Amenorrhea ( Holly Thorpe) 12. Enduring Disability, Ableism, and Whiteness: Three Readings of Inspirational Endurance Athletes in Canada ( Danielle Peers) Part 3: Running Bodies 11. Lopez Lomong: Enduring Life ( Theresa Walton-Fisette) 10. Giardina, Ryan King-White, & Kyle Bunds) 9. Boston Strong: Sport, Terror/ism, and the Spectacle Pedagogy of Citizenship ( Michael D. Disrupting Identity: An Affective Embodied Reading of Runner’s World ( Richard Pringle) 8. Foot Trouble: The Minimalist Running Movement ( Pirkko Markula) 7. Beyond Boston and Kathrine Switzer: Women’s Participation in Distance Running ( Laura Chase) Part 2: Running Because 6. Charting the Development of Contemporary Endurance Running Training Theory ( Joseph P. On the Entangled Origins of Mud Running: 'Overcivilization,' Physical Culture, and Overcoming Obstacles in the Spartan Race ( Gavin Weedon) 4. 'Astounding Exploits' and 'Laborious Undertakings': Nineteenth-Century Pedestrianism and the Cultural Meanings of Endurance ( Mary Louise Adams) 3.

Critical Considerations of Runners and Running ( William Bridel, Pirkko Markula, & Jim Denison) Part 1: Running Beginnings 2. Endurance Running　is the first collection of original qualitative research to examine distance running through a socio-cultural lens, with a general objective of understanding the concept and meaning of endurance historically and in contemporary times.Īdopting diverse theoretical and methodological approaches to explore topics such as historical conceptualizations of endurance, lived experiences of endurance running, and the meaning of endurance in individual lives, the book　reveals how the biological, historical, psychological, and sociological converge to form contextually specific ideas about endurance running and runners.Įndurance Running is an essential book for anybody researching across the entire spectrum of endurance sports and fascinating reading for anybody working in the sociology of sport or the body, cultural studies or behavioural science.ġ. In recent decades it has exploded in popularity as a leisure pursuit, with marathons and endurance challenges exerting a strong fascination. Running is a fundamental human activity and holds an important place in popular culture.

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