Hey! Hello! Thanks for stopping by. This episode features Assistant Professor Jasmijn Rana of Leiden University.

This conversation was prompted by Jasmijn's article, "Gendered Enskilment: becoming women through recreational running" (2002, The Senses and Society, Vol.17, No.3) in which she explores how the way people move their bodies is mediated through particular cultural norms and expectations.

This is a free-flowing conversation in which we discuss our processes of becoming runners, how we interact with other runners and what people say to each other at races. We talk about pomegranates, Strava, productivity, attire, Islamophobia and neoliberalism - all the fun stuff. There was so much fun stuff, I've had to break the episode in two: the second part will appear later this week (probably). There is a fair amount of laughter. (I wonder if this is enabled by the fact that the interview was conducted face-to-face rather than on the Zoom.) I also left the laughter in because it is part of the conversational dynamics.

I hope this episode provides some kind of counter to things that may be disrupting or frustrating.

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Until next time: doi doi.

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