Flemish running events in international perspective: participant profile, motivation and attitudes

auteur(s):

Helsen, K, Scheerder, J., Alexandris, K., Hover, P.

plaats:

Leuven

uitgever:

KU Leuven

jaar:

2020

collatie:

139 p. fig. tab. With ref.

documenten:

Flemish running events in international perspective: participant profile, motivation and attitudes: results based on the European RUN for HEALTH project

samenvatting:

The aim of this report is to provide in-depth insights for event stakeholders in Flanders (Belgium). Based on the presented results, interested parties get an overview of the profile of Flemish event particpants and how this differs from their European counterparts. This enables stakeholders to tailor and shape their policy accordingly.

Reading guide: Chapter 2 presents the evolution and trends of running events, as well as advantages of participation in running events.

Chapter 3 provides information on the context and procedure of the data, that is collected fort he RUN for HEALTH project in general, and the data that is used fort his SPM Report in particular.

The results of the quantitative data collection are presented in Chapter 4, which covers the largest part in this SPM Report. In this Chapter, the Flemish event runner is compared with the event runner in the four other European countries (Greece, Italy, Lithuania, The Netherlands) from different perspectives.

The conclusion of this report can be found in Chapter 5.