Abstract

OLIVEIRA, Saulo Neves de  and  DOLL, Johannes. 'This is The End, My Beautiful Friend!': serious leisure and the end of career. Educ. Real. [online]. 2017, vol.42, n.1, pp.215-236. ISSN 2175-6236.  https://doi.org/10.1590/2175-623651581.

The number of runners is increasing, among them, especially, the older ones. But everything that starts comes to an end, including a runner's career. Confronting limitations often caused by aging, the older runner has to deal with this situation. This paper interprets the end of career of a runner as a learning moment facing a new challenge. Various factors that influence this process were recorded and the different ways of coping with the end of a runner's career were analyzed in the context of a racing group in Porto Alegre.

Keywords : Aging; Career; Serious Leisure; Runners.

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