Adventure races and leisure: a analytical way beyond trails

Authors

  • Odila Carolina Gomes Departamento de Educação Física da UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG
  • Hélder Ferreira Isayama Departamento de Educação Física da UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5016/1472

Keywords:

Corrida de Aventura. Lazer. Motivação.

Abstract

The research aim was to understand why people are looking for nature, concerning sports and leisure activities, specifically adventure races. The method was based in a combination of two types of research: first, an analytical literature review was developed, in order to verify what the literature have been suggesting about the subject here proposed; and then a field research, by asking a group of subjects to fulfill a questionnaire. All the 21 subjects (20 men, 01 woman) took part in an important regional race. Most of them were graduated and their age ranged from 21 to 30 years. Moreover, they pertain to a privileged social group, live in a great city and are detainers of a good physical conditioning. Considering their answers to the questionnaire, the most frequent reasons mentioned were: contact with the natures; no limits; working in group; many activities together in only one race; challenge and adventure.

Author Biographies

Odila Carolina Gomes, Departamento de Educação Física da UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG

Graduada em Educação Física pela UFMG.

Hélder Ferreira Isayama, Departamento de Educação Física da UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG

possui graduação em Educação Física pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (1993), mestrado em Educação Física pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (1997) e doutorado em Educação Física pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (2002). Atualmente é professor adjunto da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Docente do Mestrado em Lazer da UFMG (área Interdisciplinar - Câmara de Ciências Humanas e Sociais) e Líder dos grupos de pesquisa Lazer, Cultura e Educação (LACE) do CELAR/UFMG e do GPL/Unimep. Editor da Revista Licere. Tem experiência na área de Educação Física com ênfase na perspectiva interdisciplinar, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: lazer, educação física, recreação, políticas públicas e Formação e atuação profissional. Currículo Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/0667395123212935

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Published

2009-02-10

Issue

V. 15, N. 1 (2009)

Section

Original Articles

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