: Debbie Lisle, a Professor at Queen's University Belfast.
: The paper uses the Discovery Channel documentary Toughest Race on Earth with James Cracknell (2011) as a primary source to critique how global tourism, fitness, and neoliberalism intersect in extreme sporting events. It explores how Western fitness regimes are portrayed as "conquering" exotic landscapes, a narrative often inverted by the success of local Moroccan runners. The Subject Matter (The Race)
: Published in the journal Environment and Planning D: Society and Space (2016), with an online version appearing in 2015.