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The Essay

Running the World

2. Hayden Lorimer loves distance running through Scotland. What does he think about as he clocks up the miles?

Producer: Tim Dee
Written Trail

THE ESSAY RUNNING THE WORLD 19th April - 23rd April

'Running the World', the Essay series this week is written and presented by the running enthusiast and geographer Hayden Lorimer. Walking, swimming, rock climbing - many outdoor activities that put us out of breath have long cultural associations. Running is surprisingly little represented in the arts. Why should that be? The five talks evoke five runs and explore key cultural representations of running: Alf Tupper, the comic strip runner, Alan Sillitoe's novel 'The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner', the self help running programmes of present day America They also do things that runners don't - stop and look around and think what it means to experience the world by running across it.

Specific trail programme two.
As he runs Hayden Lorimer thinks about little but his running, but then - unlike most runners - he sometimes stops mid-run. Seals doing the opposite of running draw him up. In today's essay he watches them loaf and thinks about his exertions.