Characteristics of the participants in the Circuito de Carreras Populares of the city of Valencia
Keywords:
healthy habits, runners, popular races.Abstract
The present study has been carried out to analyse the profile of the popular racing corridor of the city of Valencia. The promotion of activities and sporting events is a very important tool for the establishment of healthy habits in the population. Pursuing this objective, the municipal sport and the popular racing circuit, play a fundamental role, since they become an opportunity accessible in all senses for people to start and consolidate their levels of sports practice. The sample corresponds to a total of 1467 participants of which 390 are women and 1077 men, representing 25.58% and 73.42% respectively. As an instrument, a survey was carried out based on the existing literature, structured in four blocks. A descriptive analysis has been carried out to know the profile of the runner who attends this type of events, controlling many variables: age, gender, frequency of practice, membership in a club, possession of the federative license, years running, with who usually goes for running, in what spaces they usually go out to run and, finally, their opinion regarding the facilities offered by the city of Valencia for running. In some of these variables, comparisons have been made between men and women. The results show interesting information regarding the profile of the runner, finding significant differences between men and women in some of the proposed variables
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