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The power dynamics of ultrarunning

Bethan Taylor-Swaine is the Feminist Sports Sociologist and wants to use ultra trail races as the starting point for conversations about a woman’s place in the world

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Raziq Rauf
Feb 13, 2025
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It’s all right there in her handle of Feminist Sports Sociologist, but Bethan Taylor-Swaine talks about positioning herself as an activist academic. She wants to use the skills and knowledge she’s learnt from a PhD in Sports Psychology to effectively communicate the big issues facing us in ultrarunning, and offer some easy-to-digest solutions.

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