Category: Running

Works Cited for Running for Quiet Activism – Blog Carnival

Bratich, Jack Z., and Heidi M. Brush. “Fabricating Activism: Craft- Work, Popular Culture, Gender.” Utopian Studies, vol. 22, no. 2, 2011, p. 233., doi:10.5325/utopianstudies.22.2.0233. Corbett, Sarah. “Activism needs introverts.” TED Talk, November, 2016, https://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_corbett_activism_needs_introverts “Craftivism.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 17 Sept. 2019, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craftivism. Hanson, et al. “Marathon Statistics 2019 Worldwide Average Finishing Times.” RunnerClick, Dec. 2018, https://runnerclick.com/marathon-finishing-times-study-and-statistics/. “Humans of New…

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Categories: Ph.D Digital Portfolio / Running / Sports Psychology

Body Image for Runners

Scholar, Judith Butler (2006), discusses hegemonic femininity stating, “gender is a performance with clearly punitive consequences” (Butler, 139). Butler believes that society has cultural guidelines for how genders should perform and when they do not conform to their gender normative role, they are punished through negative social sanction. A study was conducted on hegemonic feminity…

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Categories: Research / Running

Psychology of a Marathoner

Raglin’s (2007) study on The Psychology of the Marathoner highlights findings of psychological research involving marathoners distinguishing characteristics among groups, including elite and non-elite competitors. Psychology contributes to athletic performances. Psychologists define personality traits as: “relatively enduring differences among people in specific tendencies to perceive the world in a certain way and in dispositions to…

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Categories: Ph.D Digital Portfolio / Research / Running / Sports Psychology