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Social stratification in sport Class Education Featured Quants Statistics

Social stratification in sport

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History’s forgotten 4-minute milers History shorts Racing

History’s forgotten 4-minute milers

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Endurance sport and the mid-life crisis Age Featured Quants Statistics

Endurance sport and the mid-life crisis

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Are women really less competitive than men? Featured Gender Quants Racing Statistics

Are women really less competitive than men?

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A defence of the seriousness of running Featured Sociology of sport

A defence of the seriousness of running

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A brief history of timing History shorts Technology

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I am Dr. Neil Baxter, an independent sociologist and writer based in Cambridge.

This website contains articles, ideas, stories and statistics drawn from my research into the sociology and history of running.

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