{"id":961,"date":"2026-04-07T10:34:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T10:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stacycacciatore.com\/?page_id=961"},"modified":"2026-04-07T10:34:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T10:34:26","slug":"running-rhetorics-a-theoretical-framework","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stacycacciatore.com\/index.php\/running-rhetorics-a-theoretical-framework\/","title":{"rendered":"Running Rhetorics: A Theoretical Framework"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"271\" data-end=\"450\">I developed and coined the term <em data-start=\"303\" data-end=\"322\">Running Rhetorics<\/em> to describe a new way of understanding running as a form of communication. Not just something we do, but something that speaks.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"452\" data-end=\"620\">Running Rhetorics is the study of the dynamic, two-way exchange between body, self, and world. It asks: What is running saying to us, and what are we saying through it?<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"622\" data-end=\"866\">Through this framework, running is not reduced to performance metrics, aesthetics, or competition. It is understood as a rhetorical act. It persuades. It reveals. It constructs meaning. It gives voice to experiences that often have no language.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"868\" data-end=\"932\">Running becomes a site of identity formation and transformation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"934\" data-end=\"1252\">For many women, especially in midlife, running is not about chasing PRs. It is about reclaiming space in a life structured around everyone else\u2019s needs. It is the act of saying, \u201cthis time is mine.\u201d It is a refusal to be consumed by roles such as mother, partner, employee, caregiver. It is both resistance and return.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1254\" data-end=\"1490\">Running Rhetorics recognizes that running can begin as survival. A way to process trauma, grief, or overwhelming responsibility. But it does not end there. It can evolve into something more powerful. A pathway from survival to becoming.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1492\" data-end=\"1569\">This framework provides language and structure for a deeply embodied process:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1570\" data-end=\"1710\">\n<li data-start=\"1570\" data-end=\"1612\">shedding identities that no longer fit<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1613\" data-end=\"1666\">confronting the disorientation of \u201cwho am I now?\u201d<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1667\" data-end=\"1710\">rediscovering desire, agency, and voice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1712\" data-end=\"1767\">Running, in this sense, is not escape. It is emergence.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1769\" data-end=\"2039\">As a rhetorician and storyteller, I use Running Rhetorics to help women interpret what their bodies are saying, understand what their movement means, and ultimately author a new narrative of themselves. One that is not inherited from obligation, but consciously created.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2041\" data-end=\"2070\">Running is not just movement.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2072\" data-end=\"2115\">It is meaning. It is voice. It is becoming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I developed and coined the term Running Rhetorics to describe a new way of understanding running as a form of communication. Not just something we do, but something that speaks. Running Rhetorics is the study of the dynamic, two-way exchange between body, self, and world. It asks: What is running saying to us, and what&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-961","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stacycacciatore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stacycacciatore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stacycacciatore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stacycacciatore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stacycacciatore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=961"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stacycacciatore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":963,"href":"https:\/\/stacycacciatore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/961\/revisions\/963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stacycacciatore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}