Researchers investigated the psychological and social factors that influence whether recreational runners continue or discontinue their running practice over time. The study examined differences in motivation, barriers, and experiences between those who maintained their running habit and those who stopped.
for runners
Runners might notice how their own relationship with running shifts over time, particularly around what initially drew them to run versus what keeps them engaged long-term. The findings highlight how individual circumstances and personal meaning-making around running may play a larger role in consistency than external factors alone.
editor's note
What resonated with me most was the profound influence of the "runner" identity. Framing running as an integral part of one’s sense of self appears to foster a sustainable habit, grounded in intrinsic motivation rather than external pressures.
The aim of this study was to investigate whether daily post-exercise cold-water immersion (CWI) preserves high-intensity running performance and modulates physiological and perceptual stress responses during an eleven-day intensified training period with limited recovery. Seventeen recreational male...
Thermal comfort is critical for ensuring occupant satisfaction and energy efficiency but existing approaches may fall short of capturing the complexities in Indian context. This paper examines adaptive thermal comfort (ATC) in free-running buildings in Chennai, Bangalore, Jaipur and Shimla using the...
INTRODUCTION: Inexpensive consumer-grade wearable sensors have expanded possibilities to assess, monitor, or modify a runner's gait. However, it is unclear which sensor-measured gait metrics are strongly associated with internal loading at common injury locations. PURPOSE: To measure the association...
BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation·2026
Abstract Background Recovery strategies are widely used by endurance runners; however, large-scale evidence describing recovery behaviours among recreational marathon runners remains limited. This study aimed to describe recovery strategy utilisation and future interest among Japanese recreational m...
Grid decarbonization forces Francis turbine runners into frequent start–stop and part-load duty, where vortex rope and repeated transients accumulate high-cycle fatigue damage; existing studies isolate conditions and rarely attribute damage to a specific excitation source. This paper builds a transp...
Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea·2026
This study evaluates the manoeuvring performance of the KRISO LNG carrier (KLNG2) using a 1/80 scale model in Free Running Model Tests (FRMT) at full-scale speeds of 5, 15, and 19.5 knots. The programme included 35° turning-circle and 10/10, 20/20 zigzag tests. Turning results showed that advance an...
Running-specific prostheses are widely used in Paralympic sport and their performance assessment under real running conditions requires wearable monitoring systems capable of capturing both prosthesis dynamics and athlete kinematics. Existing solutions have been validated in laboratory settings and ...
Light-emitting diode (LED) systems for strawberry propagation are usually compared on plant responses, rarely on electricity per propagule. Five LED lighting systems differing in spectral composition (red:blue photon ratios 1.56–4.07; far-red fractions 0.004–0.262) were compared at a common target c...
PURPOSE: Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) often face unique challenges in maintaining glycemic control, with a higher risk of disordered eating behaviors (DEB). While physical activity may be associated with improved metabolic outcomes, its relationship with DEB in adolescents with T1D remains...
Background: Ventilatory thresholds (VT1 and VT2) determined from gas-exchange criteria during cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) provide reference points for exercise-intensity prescription, but their routine use is limited in applied settings. Detrended fluctuation analysis alpha 1 (DFA-α1) ha...
International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics·2026
To address the vehicle–bridge coupled vibration induced by high-speed trains meeting on bridges, conventional deterministic analysis methods, which neglect the spatial randomness of train meeting positions, may lead to distorted structural safety assessments and excessive design redundancy. To this ...
Predictive simulations of musculoskeletal models provide an advanced approach to investigating the relationship between shoe properties and running performance. So far, such studies have been performed retrospectively, such that independence of the experimental outcome cannot be guaranteed. Here, we...
Afrofuturism as a Radical Praxis for Black Women’s Wellbeing: Educational Possibilities from an Autoethnographic Study of a Toronto Black Women’s Running Collective...
Running-related injuries affect up to 79% of distance runners annually. Minimal shoes, promoting natural foot motion and strength, may influence injury occurrence, but their influence across a spectrum of minimalism remains unclear. This study investigated the relationship between shoe minimalism an...
Researchers examined how reliably a shin-mounted wearable sensor could measure tibial impact forces and step rate in recreational runners across two separate testing sessions and between different testers. The device showed moderate-to-good consistency overall, though the margin of error for cadence measurements was notably wide, suggesting caution when interpreting small step-rate changes. This was a preprint study and has not yet undergone peer review.
for runners
For runners curious about wearable-derived data, this study suggests that a single cadence reading from a tibial sensor may carry more uncertainty than it appears. The precision implied by a numeric readout does not necessarily reflect the device's ability to detect genuinely meaningful shifts in running mechanics.
Abstract Purpose Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) offers a promising non-invasive method to assess muscle oxygenation in real time. While asymmetries in muscle oxygen saturation (SmO 2 ) between dominant and non-dominant legs have been studied in cycling, data in running are limited. Such differenc...
City marathons are often positioned as tools for urban branding and socioeconomic development, yet their value is negotiated through stakeholder experiences. This study investigates the 2025 Wuhan Marathon as a communication ecosystem where value co-creation and value co-destruction coexist. Drawing...
Background Inspiratory muscle training (IMT) and plyometric exercise are established conditioning modalities that elicit distinct physiological adaptations, yet their comparative effects on respiratory function and autonomic regulation in youth athletes remain unclear. The pupillary light reflex (PL...
Basic Psychological Needs Fail to Predict Goal-Based Performance in Older Runners: Re-examining Self-Determination Theory in a Proximal Competitive Context...
Oxaliplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy (OIPN) can substantially affect patients’ everyday lives, yet less is known about how patients appraise and adapt to these symptoms during ongoing treatment. This qualitative study explored how patients appraise and adapt to OIPN during ongoing treatment and...
Despite widespread use of in-ear music during running, its effects on ventilatory efficiency and biomechanics remain unclear. This study examined whether moderate-to-loud (85 dB SPL) in-ear tempo music affects ventilatory efficiency, running economy (RE), and spatiotemporal biomechanics during fixed...
Foot strike pattern is typically classified from a single observation, which may not capture how it changes during a continuous run. This study examined how the proportion of heel strikes changed across a continuous 1600 m outdoor track run, completed at a self-selected maximal effort by 20 recreati...
BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation·2026
This study explored whether the type of outdoor surface a runner trains on — concrete, rubber track, or artificial turf — affects how forcefully the foot loads with each stride and how the lower limbs move through a gait cycle. Across 22 recreational male runners in Saudi Arabia, the researchers found that concrete was associated with meaningfully higher vertical loading rates compared to the softer surfaces, and that hip movement during the swing phase differed slightly between concrete and rubber track running.
for runners
The surface underfoot may shape more than just comfort — it appears to register differently in the body's loading patterns in ways that aren't always consciously perceptible to a runner. Because a large share of recreational running in Saudi Arabia occurs on concrete, this dataset offers a narrow but grounded snapshot of what surface-specific loading might look like in that particular context.
Researchers investigated the psychological and social factors that influence whether recreational runners continue or discontinue their running practice over time. The study examined differences in motivation, barriers, and experiences between those who maintained their running habit and those who stopped.
for runners
Runners might notice how their own relationship with running shifts over time, particularly around what initially drew them to run versus what keeps them engaged long-term. The findings highlight how individual circumstances and personal meaning-making around running may play a larger role in consistency than external factors alone.
editor's note
What resonated with me most was the profound influence of the "runner" identity. Framing running as an integral part of one’s sense of self appears to foster a sustainable habit, grounded in intrinsic motivation rather than external pressures.
Thermal comfort is critical for ensuring occupant satisfaction and energy efficiency but existing approaches may fall short of capturing the complexities in Indian context. This paper examines adaptive thermal comfort (ATC) in free-running buildings in Chennai, Bangalore, Jaipur and Shimla using the...
BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation·2026
Abstract Background Recovery strategies are widely used by endurance runners; however, large-scale evidence describing recovery behaviours among recreational marathon runners remains limited. This study aimed to describe recovery strategy utilisation and future interest among Japanese recreational m...
Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea·2026
This study evaluates the manoeuvring performance of the KRISO LNG carrier (KLNG2) using a 1/80 scale model in Free Running Model Tests (FRMT) at full-scale speeds of 5, 15, and 19.5 knots. The programme included 35° turning-circle and 10/10, 20/20 zigzag tests. Turning results showed that advance an...
Light-emitting diode (LED) systems for strawberry propagation are usually compared on plant responses, rarely on electricity per propagule. Five LED lighting systems differing in spectral composition (red:blue photon ratios 1.56–4.07; far-red fractions 0.004–0.262) were compared at a common target c...
Background: Ventilatory thresholds (VT1 and VT2) determined from gas-exchange criteria during cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) provide reference points for exercise-intensity prescription, but their routine use is limited in applied settings. Detrended fluctuation analysis alpha 1 (DFA-α1) ha...
Predictive simulations of musculoskeletal models provide an advanced approach to investigating the relationship between shoe properties and running performance. So far, such studies have been performed retrospectively, such that independence of the experimental outcome cannot be guaranteed. Here, we...
Running-related injuries affect up to 79% of distance runners annually. Minimal shoes, promoting natural foot motion and strength, may influence injury occurrence, but their influence across a spectrum of minimalism remains unclear. This study investigated the relationship between shoe minimalism an...
Abstract Purpose Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) offers a promising non-invasive method to assess muscle oxygenation in real time. While asymmetries in muscle oxygen saturation (SmO 2 ) between dominant and non-dominant legs have been studied in cycling, data in running are limited. Such differenc...
Background Inspiratory muscle training (IMT) and plyometric exercise are established conditioning modalities that elicit distinct physiological adaptations, yet their comparative effects on respiratory function and autonomic regulation in youth athletes remain unclear. The pupillary light reflex (PL...
Oxaliplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy (OIPN) can substantially affect patients’ everyday lives, yet less is known about how patients appraise and adapt to these symptoms during ongoing treatment. This qualitative study explored how patients appraise and adapt to OIPN during ongoing treatment and...
BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation·2026
This study explored whether the type of outdoor surface a runner trains on — concrete, rubber track, or artificial turf — affects how forcefully the foot loads with each stride and how the lower limbs move through a gait cycle. Across 22 recreational male runners in Saudi Arabia, the researchers found that concrete was associated with meaningfully higher vertical loading rates compared to the softer surfaces, and that hip movement during the swing phase differed slightly between concrete and rubber track running.
for runners
The surface underfoot may shape more than just comfort — it appears to register differently in the body's loading patterns in ways that aren't always consciously perceptible to a runner. Because a large share of recreational running in Saudi Arabia occurs on concrete, this dataset offers a narrow but grounded snapshot of what surface-specific loading might look like in that particular context.
The aim of this study was to investigate whether daily post-exercise cold-water immersion (CWI) preserves high-intensity running performance and modulates physiological and perceptual stress responses during an eleven-day intensified training period with limited recovery. Seventeen recreational male...
INTRODUCTION: Inexpensive consumer-grade wearable sensors have expanded possibilities to assess, monitor, or modify a runner's gait. However, it is unclear which sensor-measured gait metrics are strongly associated with internal loading at common injury locations. PURPOSE: To measure the association...
Grid decarbonization forces Francis turbine runners into frequent start–stop and part-load duty, where vortex rope and repeated transients accumulate high-cycle fatigue damage; existing studies isolate conditions and rarely attribute damage to a specific excitation source. This paper builds a transp...
Running-specific prostheses are widely used in Paralympic sport and their performance assessment under real running conditions requires wearable monitoring systems capable of capturing both prosthesis dynamics and athlete kinematics. Existing solutions have been validated in laboratory settings and ...
PURPOSE: Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) often face unique challenges in maintaining glycemic control, with a higher risk of disordered eating behaviors (DEB). While physical activity may be associated with improved metabolic outcomes, its relationship with DEB in adolescents with T1D remains...
International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics·2026
To address the vehicle–bridge coupled vibration induced by high-speed trains meeting on bridges, conventional deterministic analysis methods, which neglect the spatial randomness of train meeting positions, may lead to distorted structural safety assessments and excessive design redundancy. To this ...
Afrofuturism as a Radical Praxis for Black Women’s Wellbeing: Educational Possibilities from an Autoethnographic Study of a Toronto Black Women’s Running Collective...
Researchers examined how reliably a shin-mounted wearable sensor could measure tibial impact forces and step rate in recreational runners across two separate testing sessions and between different testers. The device showed moderate-to-good consistency overall, though the margin of error for cadence measurements was notably wide, suggesting caution when interpreting small step-rate changes. This was a preprint study and has not yet undergone peer review.
for runners
For runners curious about wearable-derived data, this study suggests that a single cadence reading from a tibial sensor may carry more uncertainty than it appears. The precision implied by a numeric readout does not necessarily reflect the device's ability to detect genuinely meaningful shifts in running mechanics.
City marathons are often positioned as tools for urban branding and socioeconomic development, yet their value is negotiated through stakeholder experiences. This study investigates the 2025 Wuhan Marathon as a communication ecosystem where value co-creation and value co-destruction coexist. Drawing...
Basic Psychological Needs Fail to Predict Goal-Based Performance in Older Runners: Re-examining Self-Determination Theory in a Proximal Competitive Context...
Despite widespread use of in-ear music during running, its effects on ventilatory efficiency and biomechanics remain unclear. This study examined whether moderate-to-loud (85 dB SPL) in-ear tempo music affects ventilatory efficiency, running economy (RE), and spatiotemporal biomechanics during fixed...
Foot strike pattern is typically classified from a single observation, which may not capture how it changes during a continuous run. This study examined how the proportion of heel strikes changed across a continuous 1600 m outdoor track run, completed at a self-selected maximal effort by 20 recreati...