Abstract

MAUREIRA, Fernando. Reasons of Chilean urban runners for participating in endurance running competitions. CPD [online]. 2014, vol.14, n.2, pp.145-150. ISSN 1989-5879.

Barrios and Cardozo (2002) elaborated a questionnaire of 23 questions related to the motives for practicing urban careers. They thought that the motives of corridors in Cuba were relating to the achievement of personal goals, to verify his physical aptitude, satisfaction, etc. The objective of the present investigation was to know the motives that lead to urban Chilean corridors to taking part in careers of resistance and to describe how they influence the variables of sex, level of study, competitive experience and age, on these motivations. The sample was constituted by 533 urban corridors, of which 66,2 % is men and 33,8 % they are women. In relation to the age, 19,1 % corresponds to 18-year-old minors, 68,7 % has between 18 and 40 years and 12,2 % they are major of 40 years. The results show that in both sexes and in all the ages the principal motives are to fulfill the goal that I me planned and to compete against my own brand, where they have to see both with the goals of personal achievement. Differences are not observed between both sexes, the ages, the competitive experience or level of studies in the motives of participation in this type of events.

Keywords : Motivation; careers of resistance; goals; personal achievement.

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