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Running Punks: More than just turning up

Peter King Orcid Logo, Ashley Morgan Orcid Logo

Punk & Post-Punk, Volume: Journal of Punk and Post-Punk, Issue: 14

Swansea University Author: Peter King Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1386/punk_00274_1

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This study explored why runners have joined an online running group called the Running Punks that was set up in 2020. Running Punks espouses running for pleasure and repudiates the ‘rules’ of running groups which are mainly concerned with speed and performance. This research aimed to discover, throu...

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Published in: Punk & Post-Punk
ISSN: 2044-1983 2044-3706
Published: Intellect 2025
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