An Investigation And Research On Sports Risk Cognition Of Marathon Runners

The rise and popularity of marathon reflect a public fitness craze.However,the upsurge of marathon is followed by various kinds of risks and accidents.Therefore,the safety of marathon is the pressing problem to be solved.Based on the theories of sports training,sports physiology,sports nutrition and other related disciplines,this article studies the cognition of marathon runners by means of questionnaire survey,literature review and logic analysis.Through the investigation of the risk control of Beijing International Marathon in September 2016,the article not only analyzes the safety awareness,pre-competition training,participation motivation and safety knowledge and experience of the marathon runners,but also the causes,predisposing factors,and the ways to effectively control the risks of marathon.The purpose of this research is to provide better service for national fitness campaign.Marathon risk cognition directly affects the risk identification and risk behavior of marathon runners,and the study of it can promote public awareness of fitness risks,make people understand the risks,guide people to choose a proper and effective way to stay fit,and provide reference and help for the effective control of risks in the marathon event.The research indicates: 1.The number of male participants more than the female,and young and middle-aged runners constitute the main body.Since participants have a large age span and different age groups have different characteristics,they must be based on their own specific circumstances.2.Most participants run a whole marathon and fewer runners give up half way.Some participants just blindly follow and have no clear purpose,so it is quite necessary to effectively control the risks and avoid the occurrence of risks and accidents by means of increasing the risk awareness and perception level of marathon runners.3.Nearly half of the participants say that they have no experiencing plan before the game,and that they are lack of awareness of the purpose and importance of medical experiencing as well as their own physical health beforehand.4.First-time marathon runners account for 10% of all participants.They lack experience and are prone to all kinds of risks.5.The diet supplement awareness of marathon runners is weak.Most of them only have amateur self-training,so scientific and systematic training guidance needs to be strengthened.6.Marathon participants lay much more emphasis on internal risk factors than external risk factors.They have little awareness of such factors as weather and venue.The survey also found that a small number of runners had known the dangers of their participation beforehand,but their risk awareness was extremely weak.