‘Ploughing on’: a sociological investigation of ‘endurance work’ in competitive swimming and distance-running
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‘Ploughing on’: a sociological investigation of ‘endurance work’ in competitive swimming and distance-running. / McNarry, Gareth; Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn; Evans, Adam B.
In: Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, Vol. 13, No. 4, 2021, p. 658-670.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - ‘Ploughing on’: a sociological investigation of ‘endurance work’ in competitive swimming and distance-running
AU - McNarry, Gareth
AU - Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn
AU - Evans, Adam B.
N1 - CURIS 2021 NEXS 251
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Despite a burgeoning corpus of qualitative studies of sport and physical cultures, in-depth and embodied investigations of those requiring sustained engagement with ‘endurance work’ remain relatively under-developed. These physical cultures are sociologically interesting as they often demand of practitioners intense commitment in terms of time, energy, and (for many) finances devoted to endurance-training regimes. They also require substantial sacrifice with regard to social activities and family life, even for those not competing at elite levels. The nature of endurance and enduring still remains under-researched from a sociological and qualitative perspective, however, and we directly address this gap in the research literature by contributing fresh theoretical insights and empirical data on the lived experience of endurance in two different lifeworlds: competitive swimming and distance running. Employing a sociological-phenomenological framework, we analyse and conceptualise data derived from two separate ethnographic and autoethnographic research projects, and explore interesting commonalities in the shared lived experience of endurance and ‘endurance work’ in these two distinctive physical cultures.
AB - Despite a burgeoning corpus of qualitative studies of sport and physical cultures, in-depth and embodied investigations of those requiring sustained engagement with ‘endurance work’ remain relatively under-developed. These physical cultures are sociologically interesting as they often demand of practitioners intense commitment in terms of time, energy, and (for many) finances devoted to endurance-training regimes. They also require substantial sacrifice with regard to social activities and family life, even for those not competing at elite levels. The nature of endurance and enduring still remains under-researched from a sociological and qualitative perspective, however, and we directly address this gap in the research literature by contributing fresh theoretical insights and empirical data on the lived experience of endurance in two different lifeworlds: competitive swimming and distance running. Employing a sociological-phenomenological framework, we analyse and conceptualise data derived from two separate ethnographic and autoethnographic research projects, and explore interesting commonalities in the shared lived experience of endurance and ‘endurance work’ in these two distinctive physical cultures.
KW - Distance running
KW - Embodiment
KW - Endurance work
KW - Performance swimming
KW - Sociological phenomenology
U2 - 10.1080/2159676X.2020.1772859
DO - 10.1080/2159676X.2020.1772859
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85087552723
VL - 13
SP - 658
EP - 670
JO - Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health
JF - Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health
SN - 2159-676X
IS - 4
ER -
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