The study sought to know the factors that have contributed to the students of the academies to change the mats through the streets. To reach it, 10 male and 10 female runners were interviewed. The interviews were handled through the content analysis technique. The results revealed the composition of groups, the health discourse, the presence of competition and the culture of consumption as the factors that lead the students of academies to the practices of street races. Therefore, the study concluded that replacing mats on the streets is a multifactorial decision.
