2026-09-18T18:55:18Zhttps://api.drum.lib.umd.edu/server/oai/request

oai:drum.lib.umd.edu:1903/138142016-03-29T10:46:43Zcom_1903_2209com_1903_1611com_1903_2col_1903_2740col_1903_3

Struna, Nancy L Park, Krista Marie Digital Repository at the University of Maryland University of Maryland (College Park, Md.) American Studies 2013-04-04T05:35:38Z 2013-04-04T05:35:38Z 2012 http://hdl.handle.net/1903/13814 This dissertation concludes that the symbiotic relationship between two competing cultural traditions of marathoning, Corrival and Pageant, simultaneous creates and eliminates barriers to marathoning participation. Using John Caughey's strategies for studying cultural traditions and Pierre Bourdieu's concept of capital to differentiate between and describe two different approaches to training for and participating in marathons among runners in the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area (BWMA). Drawing on participant observation, interviews of runners in the BWMA, and an exploration of the geography of running in the BWMA, contextualized by discourse analysis of three prominent marathon training guides and the covers of the two most influential running magazines, this dissertation also explores the strategies individuals' use to overcome actual and potential obstacles to marathon participation, such as parenting or restrictive work schedules. LANDSCAPES AND TRADITIONS OF MARATHONING IN THE USA, 2000-2008 Dissertation American studies Kinesiology Geography cultural landscape cultural traditions Jeremy Korr marathons running open.access