Knowing the ‘Going’: the sensory evaluation of distance running

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.

Keywords:

• body
• knowledge
• mundane
• phenomenology
• running
• senses

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.