The Essay - Running the World - Episode 1

The Essay Running the World 1. Geographer and running obsessive Hayden Lorimer puts on his trainers and pounds out thoughts about why we run and what it means. 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 from Alf Tupper, the comic strip runner to 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 one. In his first essay on the culture and reality of running, Hayden Lorimer re reads Alan Sillitoe's novel:The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner.