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Do you ever have this type of internal dialogue?
“Today, my legs were ‘heavy’ in the first couple of miles, but this was to be expected after a quicker run yesterday and training through last weekend’s race. I know this is the last ‘long’ run before tapering into next week’s race and freshening up – these heavy, fatigued runs are just part of the course. While I may have felt a little ‘leggy,’ especially in the early stages, the run was mainly on trails from thereon, thus much more forgiving on my slightly weary legs.”
This is an example of lived body fatigue and heaviness.
A recent book chapter analyzes endurance and ‘endurance work’ in women’s cross country and trail running. What is termed ‘endurance work’ (in sociology) conceptualizes endurance in a specific way as cognitively, physically, and interactionally lived. The research focuses on the lived experience and social production of endurance in trail and cross-country running.
The chapter “Endurance and the Production of ‘Endurance Work’ in Women’s Cross-Country and Trail Running,” by…
