Why I Run Survey
I am Dr Benjamin Wild, Reader in Fashion Narratives, lead of the F/fashion Narratives Research Grouup and, most important, a runner-researcher… I am interested in the stories people tell about their running experiences and the role of running in their life.
If you run, I’d be grateful if you could spend 10-15 minutes completing my linked survey, Why I Run.
Anonymised questions ask why you run, what and who you run with, and how running makes you feel.
More people are running than ever (recreationally and competitively), but still little is known about people’s running motivations, and how far running provides personal and social benefit.
Fashion running brands, which have an increasingly influential role in shaping emergent running cultures, emphasise the importance of physical and mental wellness in their manifestos and philosophies, but I’m keen to hear directly from those of you who run: what is the value of running to you?