Iron dads : managing family, work, and endurance sport identities /
Cohen, Diana Tracy, 1981-
Iron dads : managing family, work, and endurance sport identities / Diana Tracy Cohen. - New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource (xiv, 191 pages) - Critical issues in sport and society .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Taking the first step -- Inside triathlon culture -- To tri or not to try -- The juggling act -- Why class matters -- Faith meets 140.6 -- Throwing in the towel -- The road ahead.
An accomplished triathlete and social scientist, Diana Tracy Cohen offers much insight into the effects of endurance-sport training on family, parenting, and the sense of self. Based in part on in-depth interviews with forty-seven triathletes and three prominent men in the race industry, Iron Dads explores the sacrifices that are required-both at home and at work-to cross an iron-distance finish line.
9780813573748 9780813570969
Triathletes--Psychology.
Triathletes--Family relationships.
Fathers--Psychology.
Fathers--Family relationships.
Triathlon--Psychological aspects.
Endurance sports--Psychological aspects.
Electronic Books.
GV1060 / .I766 2016
Iron dads : managing family, work, and endurance sport identities / Diana Tracy Cohen. - New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource (xiv, 191 pages) - Critical issues in sport and society .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Taking the first step -- Inside triathlon culture -- To tri or not to try -- The juggling act -- Why class matters -- Faith meets 140.6 -- Throwing in the towel -- The road ahead.
An accomplished triathlete and social scientist, Diana Tracy Cohen offers much insight into the effects of endurance-sport training on family, parenting, and the sense of self. Based in part on in-depth interviews with forty-seven triathletes and three prominent men in the race industry, Iron Dads explores the sacrifices that are required-both at home and at work-to cross an iron-distance finish line.
9780813573748 9780813570969
Triathletes--Psychology.
Triathletes--Family relationships.
Fathers--Psychology.
Fathers--Family relationships.
Triathlon--Psychological aspects.
Endurance sports--Psychological aspects.
Electronic Books.
GV1060 / .I766 2016