#15 "Running makes me feel..." Conversation with Bridgette Desjardins and Jean Ketterling

This episode features a conversation with Bridgette Desjardins of Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia and Jean Ketterling of Mount Allison University in New Brunswick Canada. I got in touch with Bridgette and Jean after reading their article, “Running makes me feel”: the production of emotion through leisure published in April 2023 in Leisure Studies. This was a very enjoyable and enlightening conversation for me. We spoke about running during the Covid 19 Pandemic, how running is often ‘justified’ as a leisure pursuit, how leisure time is gendered, and also how affect and emotion are closely intertwined but can be understood differently. I also particularly enjoyed Bridgette’s discussion of her move to powerlifting as her main sport and Jean’s practice of run-juring: a sport, which I had hitherto not heard of. 

 

So, that’s just about all from me for now. I’ve got numerous episodes on the go which will keep me occupied over the coming weeks. Next week’s episode will feature an interview with a Leiden athlete who has spent the last few years in the State in the college athletics system. If you would like to support the show, I’m hoping that you can share it with your running friends and crews. It’s always nice to see that people are listening to it. Thank you to the 18 folks who have given the show a five star review on the Spotify. If you have comments, perhaps the easiest way to get in touch is either through my Strava or Instagram. 

 

Bedankt voor het luisteren en tot de volgende - 

 

Relevant Links: 

Article: Running makes me feel

Guest Profiles: Bridgette Desjardins  & Jean Ketterling

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***I recorded the music featured in this episode on 9th June 2024, just near the Albert Heijn on Hooigracht in Leiden. If anyone knows who the band is, please let me know so that I can credit them properly. :)