Abstract
To date there has been little research into the mundane direct embodiment of sporting activity. This paper seeks to contribute to a small but developing literature by portraying how distance running training sessions are experienced in a sensory way and how that direct embodied knowledge is used to categorise and evaluate the practise of ongoing training.
Acknowledgement
The author would like to tender his thanks to Dr Jacquelyn Allen Collinson who collected the data with him and to Harry Cowan for his helpful comments.