Simon Cook @SimonIanCook

(Mostly dormant - but do email me) Runner & Human Geographer @BCUHELS interested in active mobilities, sport & physical culture. jographies.wordpress.com Birmingham, England Joined February 2012

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Simon Cook @SimonIanCook

a year ago

🌄 "My work focuses on the runners of the Chartreuse Terminorum." Dive into Simon Lancelevé's research on this radical #ultramarathon event in I'm a Running Researcher jographies.wordpress.com/2025/02/13/im-… #ChartreuseTerminorum #RunningCulture #Running #RunningResearch #ukrunchat

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🏅 Meet Simon Lancelevé, a researcher uncovering the narratives and experiences of ultramarathon runners through a socio-anthropological lens. Explore his findings in the latest I'm a Running Researcher jographies.wordpress.com/2025/02/13/im-… #Ultrarunning #runningResearch #ukrunchat #run

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Simon Cook @SimonIanCook

a year ago

It's I'm a Running Researcher time! 🏃‍♂️ Discover the work of Simon Lancelevé @PACTE_grenoble , a researcher delving into the sociology of ultramarathon runners at the Chartreuse Terminorum. Read more: jographies.wordpress.com/2025/02/13/im-… #runningResearch #Ultramarathon #ukrunchat #run

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Professor Adam L. Kelly @AdamKelly07

a year ago

Very pleased to share our @MyBCU Research for Athlete and Youth Sport Development (RAYSD) Lab Vision & Mission and Values & Principles… 🤩 We have some super exciting projects that are transforming youth sport settings - privileged to be working with such a fantastic team! 📸

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Dr Jess Macbeth @Macbeth_Jess

a year ago

New paper out! ‘Yes, everyone is blindfolded but that doesn’t make it equal': the intersectional experiences of visually impaired women footballers in England doi.org/10.1080/135733… Absolute pleasure working with @AndySprake on this project. Open access thanks to @UCLanResearch

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Simon Cook @SimonIanCook

a year ago

🌍 "I work on the relationship between runners and places, specifically how runners construct their places and develop place attachment." Explore Álvaro Ramoneda's fascinating work in the latest I'm a Running Researcher jographies.wordpress.com/2025/01/29/im-… #ukrunchat #running #run

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Simon Cook @SimonIanCook

a year ago

📚 From personal running diaries to GoPro-recorded interviews, researcher Álvaro Ramoneda delves into how runners create and connect with their running spaces. Read more in the latest I'm A Running Researcher: jographies.wordpress.com/2025/01/29/im-… #runningresearch #ukrunchat #running

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Simon Cook @SimonIanCook

a year ago

🏅 Meet Álvaro Ramoneda, a runner and researcher uncovering the dynamics of how runners build meaningful connections with their running environments. Dive into his work in the latest I'm A Running Researcher jographies.wordpress.com/2025/01/29/im-… #runningresearch #ukrunchat #running #run

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Simon Cook @SimonIanCook

a year ago

🏃‍♂️It's I'm A Running Researcher time Discover how Environmental Psychology PhD candidate Álvaro Ramoneda explores the bond between runners and their environments through running interviews. jographies.wordpress.com/2025/01/29/im-… #runningResearch #EnvironmentalPsychology #ukrunchat #running

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@CoMTB @CoMTB_Research

a year ago

Join us Online for the Cultures of Mountain Biking Seminar Series on February 20th at 6:00 BST! Don't miss out on learning about the Indigenous Mountain Bike Project (Aus) and Transformative Marketing in MTB (UK). Register via: eventbrite.co.uk/e/122319979651…

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Pete Dyson @pete_dyson

a year ago

"What on earth is jogging" is another gem just uploaded to the BBC Archives, as explained by the DfT minister in Hyde Park. The letter J's drawn on trees are novel. Paging @SimonIanCook youtube.com/watch?v=txBS99…

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Simon Cook @SimonIanCook

a year ago

🏃‍♀️💪 Celebrating the achievements and stories of female runners over fifty, @RunYoung50's research sheds light on the marginalisation of women in sport. Explore her work in the latest I'm a Running Researcher: jographies.wordpress.com/2025/01/15/im-… #WomenWhoRun #SportsHistory #ukrunchat

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@CoMTB @CoMTB_Research

a year ago

Following the success of last year’s @CoMTB_Research seminar series, we are now recruiting for 2025. If you, or someone you know, has some exciting research to present on cultures of MTB, and can spare 2 hours in June or November, please get in touch ([email protected])

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Dr Samantha Wilkinson @samanthawilko

a year ago

We are excited to announce a call for abstracts for a symposium to be held at @ManMetUni in June 2025 ‘Families on the Move: The Geographies of Intergenerational Mobilities’. Please send 200 word abstracts by 28th February 2025.

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Simon Cook @SimonIanCook

a year ago

🏅 "I am researching and writing a book about the women who broke the rules and ran in men’s races." Dive into @RunYoung50's exploration of women's marathon history in the UK in the latest I'm a Running Researcher: jographies.wordpress.com/2025/01/15/im-… #MarathonHistory #WomenInSport #ukrunchat

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Simon Cook @SimonIanCook

a year ago

After a longer-than-intended hiatus, I'm a Running Researcher is back for 2025 and kicks off with the excellent @RunYoung50 in the hot seat telling us all about her research into the development of women's long distance running. jographies.wordpress.com/2025/01/15/im-… #running #ukrunchat #run

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Simon Cook @SimonIanCook

a year ago

@StefanManku I'm so proud of you

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Simon Cook @SimonIanCook

2 years ago

We're looking for #runners in #Worcestershire to take part in this new survey into runner harassment. If this is you, or you know someone, please do consider completing and sharing the survey. Closes 16th Dec. app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/ucw/running-… #ukrunchat #running #run #runchat

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Simon Cook @SimonIanCook

2 years ago

@MyBCU @GillRenfree

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Birmingham City University @MyBCU

2 years ago

Calling all Worcestershire runners 🏃 Dr Simon Cook, a Senior Lecturer in the Health, Education and Life Sciences faculty at BCU is supporting a research project by Worcester University about how to make running safer. Simon is acting as an expert advisor on the project, helping to guide the research and will be involved with discussing key findings and implications. It's been launched during the 16 Days of Action Against Gender-based Violence to tackle harassment and violence. Click here to share your experiences 👇 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/ucw/running-… @SimonIanCook Survey closes Monday, 16th December.