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parkrun

Author : David Hindley
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000589838
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book parkrun written by David Hindley and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-06-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to take an in-depth look at parkrun - the free, weekly, timed 5km run on a Saturday morning - and to examine why its participants love it so much and why it has been such an astonishing success. Author David Hindley – a self-described ‘middle of the pack’ parkrunner – draws on new research, including interviews with other runners, volunteers and organisers, to shine a light on the unique combination of ingredients in parkrun’s magic formula. Tracing the development of parkrun from its first event in the UK in 2004 to the global network of today, he takes a close look at themes like inclusion, volunteering, community, green space, health and well-being, and unpacks the mantra of ‘it’s a run not a race’ that has come to define the spirit of parkrun for so many of its participants. Part sporting event, part social movement, and part public health intervention, parkrun perhaps offers a model for sustainable public participation in other areas of social life. This book is compulsory behind-the-scenes reading for all parkrunners and parkrun volunteers, and anybody working in sport development, events, recreation, public health, volunteering or community organising.

Parkrun

Author : Debra Bourne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780956946072
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Parkrun written by Debra Bourne and published by . This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every Saturday morning, tens of thousands of people, all ages and sizes, gather at their local park to run five kilometres. Join Debra Bourne, Event Director at Lloyd parkrun, as she charts the rise of parkrun and finds out how and why this simple idea became the biggest and friendliest running community the world has ever seen.

Family Events

Author : Thomas Fletcher
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000580814
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Family Events written by Thomas Fletcher and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-05-18 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unprecedented exploration of the intersection of events and family studies, Family Events uses events as a lens through which to explore the concepts of families, family practices, family displays and family intimacies. Family Events explores the idea that how families come to be and, moreover, come to be defined as ‘families’ relies on events: whether that be via ‘family events’ – those which serve to celebrate being part of ‘my’ family – (e.g., birthdays, weddings, funerals), ‘events experienced as a family’ (e.g., a holiday or day trip) or ‘events which impact families’ (e.g., recession, war, global health emergency). Family Events brings together contributions from the social sciences, leisure and event studies which focus on a variety of different event contexts, including the life cycle, death and illness, sport, holidays, and community and religious festivals. Family Events offers a multitude of insightful perspectives on the intersection of events and family studies, and is a valuable resource for academics and students with a research interest in events, leisure and the family.

Creating Community Health

Author : Simon Lennane
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000880850
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Creating Community Health written by Simon Lennane and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-05 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important book explores how community-based interventions can bridge the gap between health services and the voluntary sector to create more sustainable, healthy communities. Moving beyond a technologically driven, medicalised approach to healthcare, the book shows how social prescribing can provide a direct pathway to improving community health, embracing connection and challenging inequality. Written by a practicing GP, and illustrated through practical guidance, it demonstrates how this can offer a cost-effective, preventative means to improving health outcomes, enabling communities to be more resilient when confronting major issues such as climate change or pandemics. Building to a case study of how these methods were used in one town, Ross-on-Wye, the book will be invaluable reading for those working in healthcare, public health, local authorities, and the voluntary sector, as well as students and researchers interested in these areas.

Nature and Health

Author : Eric Brymer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000399133
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Nature and Health written by Eric Brymer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-07-29 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experiences in nature are now recognised as being fundamental to human health and well-being. Physical activity in nature has been posited as an important well-being facilitator because the presence of nature augments the benefits of physical activity while also enhancing motivation and adherence. This volume brings together a mix of cutting edge ideas in research, theory and practice from a wide set of disciplines with the purpose of exploring interdisciplinary or trans-disciplinary approaches to understanding the relationship between physical activity in nature and health and well-being. Nature and Health: Physical Activity in Nature is structured to facilitate ease of use for the researcher, policy maker, practitioner or theorist. Section 1 covers research on physical activity in nature for a number of important health and well-being issues. Each chapter in this section considers how policy and practice might be shaped by current research findings and knowledge. Section 2 considers contemporary theoretical and conceptual understandings that help explain how physical activity in nature enhances health and well-being and also how best to design interventions and research. Section 3 provides examples of current approaches. This book is an ideal resource for both researchers and advanced students interested in designing future-proofed research, for policy makers interested in improving community well-being and for practitioners interested in best practice applications.

Sports Geek

Author : Rob Minto
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472927478
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)

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Download or read book Sports Geek written by Rob Minto and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-20 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sport revolves around two things: narrative and numbers. You need the narrative, otherwise why would anyone care about sport? Rivalries, emotions, and sporting legends all require it. But sport also needs numbers. Without them, we have no idea who has won. We need numbers to tell which team is top of the table, or who is the world champion. Sports Geek is a visual and numerical tour through sporting debates and ideas. Teams in all sports use data to create extraordinary analysis of how their players perform, to assess tactics and to get an edge over arch rivals; but fans are rarely presented with challenging and informative data that would help them to further understand sport. You'll never see sport the same way again.

The Psychology of Running

Author : Noel Brick
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000937712
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The Psychology of Running written by Noel Brick and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-09-20 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do people run? How can I improve my running performance? Will running help me feel better? The Psychology of Running provides a unique insight into why running is such a popular form of exercise and competition. From evolutionary perspectives on why humans have needed to run and how our bodies have adapted for this function, to discussing evidence-based interventions that can improve running performance, the book delves into the psychological motivations and benefits of running. The book also considers ways in which running can be used for social change and life skill development, highlighting how such a simple activity can have benefits for our physical and mental health. Providing proven psychological strategies and techniques to help improve running performance and boost our individual self-belief, The Psychology of Running shows us how we can enjoy running, no matter our age or ability.

How Parkrun Changed Our Lives

Author : Eileen Jones
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781913625030
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book How Parkrun Changed Our Lives written by Eileen Jones and published by . This book was released on 2021-03 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sport and Quality of Life

Author : Paolo Corvo
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030930920
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Sport and Quality of Life written by Paolo Corvo and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together essays analyzing the impact of sport and physical activity on psychophysical well-being and quality of life, through multidisciplinary and multi-country studies. It discusses how the commercial dimension of sport entertainment and recreational dimension of sport practice have been increasingly brought together in discussions on individual health and well-being, and social integration and participation. It therefore considers the relationship between sports practice, enjoyment of sporting events, sport participation and quality of life. The chapters examine various aspects of the practice of sport for professional and recreational purposes from the perspective of age, life course research, physical education in schools, government investment in sport activities across various stages of life, the rise of sports tourism as a global industry and how social networks and web apps are changing the perception of fitness. This innovative book is of interest to scholars and students of sport science, leisure studies, and well-being research.

The Saturday Morning Park Run (Yorkshire Escape, Book 1)

Author : Jules Wake
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 000832364X
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book The Saturday Morning Park Run (Yorkshire Escape, Book 1) written by Jules Wake and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2020-08-29 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full of romance and humour, this is a book about fresh starts, friendship and the unexpected places we find happiness. ‘I love getting lost in a Jules Wake book!’ Debbie Johnson, bestselling author of the Comfort Food Cafe series

How to Change the World

Author : Craig Dearden-Phillips
Publisher : eBook Partnership
ISBN 13 : 0955963222
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (559 download)

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Download or read book How to Change the World written by Craig Dearden-Phillips and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2017-11-27 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every leader in the social sector starts out believing they can change the world. But they often find that making a clear, measurable difference isn't easy. Few, by mid-career, are achieving quite as much impact as they anticipated. Some leaders settle for that and focus on having a decent career. Others don't sit back. Instead, they look to take their effectiveness as a social sector leader to another level. This book shares the experience of more than 25 exceptional leaders running successful charities, social enterprises and public service mutuals. 'We need honest discussion and bold solutions to the challenges facing our society today. This book will help you play your part in leading the change we all need to see,' Norman Lamb MPWe're seeing increasing insecurity and instability in the charity sector as funding becomes harder to secure. This book will help you adapt to these changing times, survive and succeed.' Dawn Austwick, CEO Big Lottery Fund

Outrunning the Demons

Author : Phil Hewitt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472956532
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)

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Download or read book Outrunning the Demons written by Phil Hewitt and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-24 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hope through running... Written by bestselling author Phil Hewitt, Outrunning the Demons is an exploration of the transformative power of running – and how it can be the key to unlocking resilience we never knew we had. 'an inspiring collection of stories about runners who have run through unimaginable adversity to find perspective, resolution and ultimately peace, within themselves and with the universe.' - Dean Karnazes 'a really good book ... with fascinating stories' – BBC Radio Four, Today Programme Exhilarating, compelling and beautifully written; this extraordinary book, both humbling and uplifting.' - Peter James, international bestselling writer 'a remarkable collection of intensely personal stories connects the reader to the restorative power of running.' – Hugh Bonneville Running can take us to fantastic places. Just as importantly, it can also bring us back from terrible ones. For people in times of crisis, trauma and physical or mental illness – when normality collapses – running can put things back together again. After bestselling author Phil Hewitt was viciously mugged, stabbed and left for dead in 2016, he found himself suffering the acute symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Unable to make sense of the horrific experience that had happened to him, Phil found that dedicating himself to running was slowly but surely helping him heal. Outrunning the Demons is an enriching and celebratory exploration of the transformative power of running – and how it can be the key to unlocking resilience we never knew we had. Told through 34 deeply affecting real-life stories and covering such diverse themes as trauma, bereavement, addiction, depression and anxiety, this compelling book is an exposition of just why running can so often be the answer to everything when we find ourselves in extremis. THE RUNNING AWARDS – BEST CHRISTMAS BOOK

Run Mummy Run

Author : Leanne Davies
Publisher : Summersdale
ISBN 13 : 1786855917
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (868 download)

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Download or read book Run Mummy Run written by Leanne Davies and published by Summersdale. This book was released on 2018-01-11 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gathering the very best of the advice and tips from the Run Mummy Run network, founder Leanne and co-writer Lucy have created this comprehensive beginner’s guide to running. Filled with down-to-earth advice, training schedules and inspirational stories, this book will help you to be fit, healthy and happy.

Reconnected

Author : Andrew Leigh
Publisher : Black Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1743821514
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Reconnected written by Andrew Leigh and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We’re all in this together. Strong social connections make communities more resilient. But today Australians have fewer close friends and local connections than in the past, and more of us say we have no-one to turn to in tough times. How can we turn this trend around? In Reconnected, Andrew Leigh and Nick Terrell look at some of the most successful community organisations and initiatives – from conversation groups to community gardens, from parkrun to Pub Choir – to discover what really works. They explore ways to encourage philanthropy and volunteering, describe how technology can be used effectively, and introduce us to remarkable and inspirational leaders. Reconnected is an essential guide for anyone interested in strengthening social ties. ‘Reconnected offers practical ideas, told through engaging stories of successful community-builders, about how to build a more connected Australia.’ —Robert D. Putnam, Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University and author of Bowling Alone and The Upswing ‘This inspiring collection of strategies and stories brings hope for the future. Reconnected shows that we are the revolution.’ —Dr Catherine Barrett, founder of The Kindness Pandemic

Find Time for Exercise

Author : Mike Dales
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1800464363
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Find Time for Exercise written by Mike Dales and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2021-08-28 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Find Time for Exercise offers an achievable solution – regular exercise – to one of the biggest health issues facing the world today: physical inactivity and its consequent problems, including obesity, reduced life expectancy and a wide range of physical and mental health issues. Part 1 sets the scene by describing the worldwide scale of the problem, then focuses on the benefits of exercise and finding the inspiration to increase your own activity levels. Part 2 shares the author’s own exercise challenge and how he began an unbroken eight-year streak of moving at least 5 kilometres per day – walking, running, cycling, kayaking, canoeing or skiing. Part 3 tells the personal stories of ten brave men and women who took on their own challenges to improve their health and well-being, and make positive changes in their lives. Part 4 of the book looks at a range of other challenges, including The Daily Mile and parkrun, and goes on to discuss the health benefits of active commuting, workplace activity and owning a dog. This builds a motivating case for Part 5, which helps the reader set and achieve their own challenge, with suggestions for how to find time for exercise in their busy lives. The final chapter draws together a list of ten principles aimed at helping the reader to choose and succeed in their own challenge. By making regular exercise an achievable activity, focused on the individual’s own goals, however modest, this book shows how everyone can find time for exercise and reap the benefits.

Amazing Family Adventures

Author : Jen and Sim Benson
Publisher : National Trust
ISBN 13 : 1911358332
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (113 download)

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Download or read book Amazing Family Adventures written by Jen and Sim Benson and published by National Trust. This book was released on 2017-04-13 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether orienteering, building dens or making a house for a hedgehog, this guide is the ideal way for all the family to interact with wildlife and nature and find adventures in wild places. The book begins with easy and approachable adventures perfect for families with younger kids, such as foraging and fossil hunting, and progresses into more challenging adventures, such as wild swimming, surfing and wilderness survival. The adventures range from an afternoon trip to the farm to camping excursions, so can be used for spontaneous half-term day trips or for summer holiday ideas. Each activity comes with suggestions of National Trust places to visit for the adventure, and the ideas take in woodland, beaches, mountains and parks. The book is packed with handy hints, fun facts and step-by-step guides to activities such as making your own raft and building a bug hotel. Whether you are watching the sunrise, mountain biking or kite flying, this guide is packed with ideas for getting all the family outdoors and exploring in all weathers and all seasons.

The Miracle Pill

Author : Peter Walker
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1471192547
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (711 download)

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Download or read book The Miracle Pill written by Peter Walker and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-01-21 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'This book is pretty life-changing – encouraging, optimistic, rich with information. It got me off the sofa.' Jeremy Vine 'This is such a lovely, ambitious, fascinating book. Essential lockdown reading. It allows us to reimagine our world and our bodies: we can move more.' Dr Xand van Tulleken, TV presenter 'Truly uplifting' Chris Boardman What is the 'miracle pill', the simple lifestyle change with such enormous health benefits that, if it was turned into a drug, would be the most valuable drug in the world? The answer is movement and the good news is that it's free, easy and available to everyone. Four in ten British adults, and 80% of children, are so sedentary they don’t meet even the minimum recommended levels for movement. What’s going on? The answer is simple: activity became exercise. What for centuries was universal and everyday has become the fetishised pursuit of a minority, whether the superhuman feats of elite athletes, or a chore slotted into busy schedules. Yes, most people know physical activity is good for us. And yet 1.5 billion people around the world are so inactive they are at greater risk of everything from heart disease to diabetes, cancer, arthritis and depression, even dementia. Sedentary living now kills more people than obesity, despite receiving much less attention, and is causing a pandemic of chronic ill health many experts predict could soon bankrupt the NHS. How did we get here? Daily, constant exertion was an integral part of humanity for millennia, but in just a few decades movement was virtually designed out of people’s lives through transformed workplaces, the dominance of the car, and a built environment which encourages people to be static. In a world now also infiltrated by ubiquitous screens, app-summoned taxis and shopping delivered to your door, it can be shocking to realise exactly how sedentary many of us are. A recent study found almost half of middle-aged English people don’t walk continuously for ten minutes or more in an average month. At current trends, scientists forecast, the average US adult will expend little more energy in an average week than someone who spent all their time in bed. This book is a chronicle of this very modern and largely unexplored catastrophe, and the story of the people trying to turn it around. Through interviews with experts in various fields - doctors, scientists, architects and politicians - Peter Walker explores how to bring more movement into the modern world and, most importantly, into your life. Forget the gym, introducing quick and easy lifestyle changes can slow down the ageing process and even reverse many illnesses and increase mental wellbeing.