title: Running, health and the disciplining of women's bodies: The influence of technology and nature.
abstract: This paper explores the relationship between health, the body and exercise through an examination of women's running practices. Drawing on a series of original interviews with women it shows how running reflects anxieties about health and the unruly body and how running practices are firmly linked to ideas about body size and shape and to the 'ghosts' of potential, future illness. The paper then explores the ways in which running practices are shaped by attitudes to technology and by the relationship between nature, environment and the body.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geography, University of Exeter, Amory Building, Rennes Drive, Exeter EX4 4RJ, United Kingdom. Electronic address: j.k.little@exeter.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Jo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Little
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D049628:Body Size; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008875:Middle Aged; D012420:Running; D012648:Self Care; D016387:Women's Health
keywords: Gender; Health; Nature; Running; Technology; The body