Becoming a runner: big, middle and small stories about physical activity participation in later life

How do older adults learn to tell a ‘new’ story about, through, and with the body? We know that narratives are embodied, lived and central to the process of meaning-making—and as such, they do not lie in the waiting for telling, but are an active part of everyday interaction. Telling stories about ourselves to others is one way in which our identity may be performed, and is intricately connected to the social contexts within which it occurs. …