Differentiating the time-geography of recreational running

Abstract

This paper proposes a relational time-geography approach to differentiate the geographies of recreational activities, whose place cannot be pinned down to a single specific infrastructure or area and therefore risks being marginalised in planning. Running is used as a case study. Based on diary-interviews, we have identified three different exercises/places used alternately by the respondents: the forest run; 'the most boring route in the world'; and the tourist run. We argue that the time-geography of runners could be conceptualised as a rhythm of place dependencies, where different places afford complementary qualities. By allowing for a negotiation of the spatio-temporal constraints of everyday life, these different places (and their affordances) are of crucial importance for motivation and exercise.

Keywords

Affordances; jogging; outdoor exercise; recreational mobilities; relational time-geography; solicited diaries

Published in

Mobilities
2020, Volume: 15, number: 4, pages: 575-587 Publisher: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

SLU Authors

• Qviström, Mattias

  • Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Fridell, Linnéa

  • Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Human Geography


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2020.1762462

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/106892