This article explores the growing popularity of charity sporting events or ‘thons’ as an emergent fitness practice. To do this, I locate my analysis within a discussion of the emergent trend towards moving methods in sport and physical cultural studies research. Reflecting on some of the methodological challenges and theoretical conundrums that arose from my involvement as a runner-researcher in a qualitative research project that used a GoPro™ camera to capture the experiences of participating in the Mother’s Day Classic; a major fundraising event for breast cancer research and education in Australia, the article engages with broader theoretical and methodological debates as to the application of moving methods in sport and physical cultural studies.

Item Type:	Refereed Article
Keywords:	charity sporting events, sport and physical cultural studies research
Research Division:	Human Society
Research Group:	Sociology
Research Field:	Urban sociology and community studies
Objective Division:	Culture and Society
Objective Group:	Sport, exercise and recreation
Objective Field:	Recreation and leisure activities (excl. sport and exercise)
UTAS Author:	Palmer, C (Professor Catherine Palmer)
ID Code:	105544
Year Published:	2016
Web of Science® Times Cited:	23
Deposited By:	School of Social Sciences
Deposited On:	2016-01-07
Last Modified:	2019-02-15
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