The Benefits and Costs of Serious Running

By Wayne F. Major. 2001

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Taekwondo Participation as Serious Leisure for Life Satisfaction and Health (2011, background): “In addition, a diverse group of individuals have been studied relative to their pursuit of serious leisure including: older golfers (Siegenthaler & O’Dell, 2003), amateur artist groups (Bendle & Patterson, 2009), individuals with disabilities (Patterson, 2000; Reynolds, Vivat, & Prior, 2008), runner”
Daily experience of serious leisure, flow and subjective well‐being of older adults (2010, background): “In a study of serious runners, Major (2001) identified additional benefits of engaging in serious leisure.”
The relationship between leisure activities and psychological resources that support a sustainable career: The role of leisure seriousness and work-leisure similarity (2020, background): “While qualitative studies have shown that individuals do experience setbacks within their leisure activities, for example, runners and triathletes may suffer injuries or setbacks in their training schedules (Kennelly & Moyle, 2013; Major, 2001), and amateur dancers have reported challenges associate”
Expanding the Technology Acceptance Model with the Inclusion of Trust, Social Influence, and Health Valuation to Determine the Predictors of German Users’ Willingness to Continue using a Fitness App: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach (2018, background): “Fitness apps ’ pervasiveness, popularity, and accessibility signify that people who run or jog either for health or sense of accomplishment reasons (Major, 2001) now have easy and less costly ways of monitoring how they exercise.”
Blowing Open the Serious Leisure-Casual Leisure Dichotomy: What's In There? (2010, background): “Perseverance is the occasional need to persevere under adverse circumstances such as embarrassment, fatigue, frustration, anxiety, and injury (Gibson, Willming, & Holdnak, 2002; Major, 2001; Yarnal & Dowler, 2002/2003).”