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Family Status and Motivations to Run: A Qualitative Study of Marathon Runners

Todd L. Goodsell Department of Sociology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA
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Brian D. Harris Department of Sociology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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Bruce W. Bailey Department of Exercise Science, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA
Pages 337-352 | Received 02 Sep 2011, Accepted 17 Jan 2013, Published online: 02 Jul 2013

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