Event Running and Pilgrimage: A Comparative Case Study

Janice Poltrick-Donato

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Abstract

Janice Poltrick-Donato’s ‘Event Running and Pilgrimage’ links pilgrimage with the trials and triumphs of the amateur event runner. She demonstrates the statistical and existential parallels between the two practices, and shows how the suffering and accomplishments of running are experienced by some runners as a form of secular pilgrimage, a ‘journey to the self.’
Original languageEnglish
Article number10
Pages (from-to)95-108
Number of pages14
JournalInternational Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage
Volume7
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Mar 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Camino
  • Communitas
  • Destination pilgrimage
  • Event running
  • Flow
  • Gender
  • Journey pilgrimage
  • Marathon
  • Pilgrimage
  • Rite of passage
  • The zone

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