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This article aims to develop one of the major themes from an ethnographic study of the culture of distance running – the desire for health and fitness. Research was undertaken over a 2-year period using a variety of flexible qualitative data sources, most notably observation and in-depth interviews. The body, especially the 'running body', is seen by participants in this study as a source of health and well-being and affirmation of their identity. The results highlight the various contradictions and tensions that emerged whilst exploring the behaviour of distance runners in their desire to achieve a healthy body and mind.

An Introduction to Managing Crises and Disasters in Sport -- Criticality of Sports Events and Venue Resilience -- Fandom and Risk Perceptions in Sport -- Synergising Social, Community and Individual Resilience Perspectives -- Crowd Management, Control, Safety and Behaviour -- Sport Event Resilience and Cascading Disasters -- Synergising Public and Private Dimensions of Sport Event and Venue Resilience -- Crisis Communication for Sport: Handling Issues of Reputational Risk, Litigation and Culpability -- Simulating Disaster Scenarios for International Sports Events (ISEs) and International Sports Venues (ISVs) -- Future Directions for Managing Crises and Disasters in Sport.

This paper revisits Unruh's notions of social worlds, exploring the organisations, practices, events and actors involved within the culture of distance running, as an increasingly popular leisure activity. An ethnographic research design was utilised using a combination of interviews, observation and participant observation. Data was collected over a two-year period on a weekly basis at two local distance running clubs, and also at a series of international distance running events. This study examines the distance running world from the "emic" perspective of the twenty participants involved. The key findings illustrate how the distance running social world permits both development and confirmation of a running identity and, with it, social fulfilment. In addition to the four main components of a distance running social world, this paper highlights a paradox whereby individuals follow an individual pursuit within the social world of the distance running community – highlighting that the focus is on both the individual and the social, an area which sociologists have to date not extensively analysed within the context of sport.

Introduction / Kirsten Holmes, Karen A. Smith, Leonie Lockstone-Binney and Richard Shipway -- Section 1. Disciplinary Approaches to Volunteering -- Section 2. Volunteering in Tourism and Sport -- Section 3. Volunteering at Events -- Section 4. Managing Volunteers -- Section 5. Impacts and Legacies of Volunteering -- Section 6. Critical Issues in Volunteering -- Section 7. New Directions in Volunteering Research.

Introduction / Kirsten Holmes, Karen A. Smith, Leonie Lockstone-Binney and Richard Shipway -- Section 1. Disciplinary Approaches to Volunteering -- Section 2. Volunteering in Tourism and Sport -- Section 3. Volunteering at Events -- Section 4. Managing Volunteers -- Section 5. Impacts and Legacies of Volunteering -- Section 6. Critical Issues in Volunteering -- Section 7. New Directions in Volunteering Research.

During crises, sport organizations are said to play an important social role by facilitating community recovery; however, the literature lacks an overarching theoretical framework to explain how. Drawing on the social identity approach, we argue sport organizations can enhance well-being during crises to the extent that they foster shared identification among current and potential members. The Organizational Identification and Well-being Framework reflects this assertion, illustrating leadership functions to create an organization's in-group identity that satisfies the needs of members in response to a crisis. It further outlines the SPRInT (Social support, Purpose and meaning, Relatedness, In-group norms, and Trust) pathways, which mediate the effect of organizational identification on member well-being. Our framework extends prior work examining organizational-level antecedents of identification with a sport organization by considering how leadership functions may foster organizational identification for individuals both internal and external to the organization. Moreover, it demonstrates how sport organizations may lead shared responses to address community needs and contribute to population well-being.

AbstractThis paper examines how far a post-event volunteering legacy is facilitated by event organising committees leveraging existing volunteering infrastructure in host communities. The paper uses the lens of regulatory capitalism to examine how the organising committees of the Sydney 2000 and London 2012 Olympic Games engaged with the third sector, and specifically the volunteering infrastructure of the host nations, in the planning, delivery and post-event phases to create a volunteering legacy for the host community. The two case studies involved 27 in-depth interviews with key stakeholders representing the organising committees and the volunteering infrastructure in the host cities. While the Sydney Olympics had no specific remit for legacy planning, the third sector led legacy efforts in Australia. At the London Olympics, there was a failure to engage with the third sector, which limited government-led legacy planning and implementation. In the latter case, the framework of regulatory capitalism prioritised contracts with the private sector over meaningful engagement with the third sector.