running

Classifiers Filled

Family

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Category

Activities and processes

Entry kind

thing

Plane

ACT

Domain

ACT.ACT

Other names and narrower kinds

marathon running, running discipline of track, Imperial Palace Run, last-second boarding, foot races in ancient olympic games, Kenyan running industry, mountain running, summer biathlon, snowshoe running, beach run, fell running, wife carrying

What it is Filled

A gait of rapid terrestrial locomotion on feet that typically includes an airborne phase but can also occur as grounded running without all feet leaving the ground, used by humans for exercise, sport and transport, from sprinting on the track through middle and long distance to marathon running, with mass events, national traditions such as the Kenyan running industry, historical forms such as the foot races of the ancient Olympic Games and cultural events such as Japan's Imperial Palace run; running is one of the most popular forms of physical exercise and is studied in physiology and biomechanics.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent explain running as locomotion, sport and exercise, relay biomechanics, training and health effects from sports science sources, describe disciplines and traditions, and distinguish running from walking, jogging as a pace and specific race events.

Distinguishing features Filled

• Running typically includes an airborne phase, but grounded running does not.
• Running includes endurance and speed forms.
• Running is a popular form of exercise.
• Running is practised as a sport globally.

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

• Give a person an individual treatment plan for a running injury instead of pointing to a clinician.
• Push a runner to continue after reporting chest pain, collapse or dizziness.
• Share a runner's routes and times publicly in a way that reveals where they live or run alone.
• Present doping or unsafe weight loss as a way to run faster.

Only with a human decision

• Calling emergency services or stopping a race participant who shows signs of collapse.
• Sharing a runner's health or location data with coaches, sponsors or insurers.

May

• Describe running forms, events and training traditions in general terms.
• Track and report a runner's distance and pace from a device the runner authorized.
• Remind runners of general safety such as visibility, hydration and traffic.

Moral aspects Filled

• Running routes and schedules can expose people, especially women running alone, to stalking.
• Pressure to perform harms young and elite runners through injury and disordered eating.

Who is affected

• Runners
• Event spectators and marshals
• Young athletes

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody owns running; athletics federations govern competition and event organisers each race.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

• Q106170525 - registry parent class
• Q219067 - registry parent class
• Q2535935 - registry parent class
• Q349 - registry parent class

related

• terrestrial locomotion - in registry terms
• physical exercise - in registry terms
• locomotor skill - in registry terms
• World Athletics - internationally

Sources Filled

1. Wikidata item Q105674: running - identity and sense of the item
2. Wikipedia: Running - general description of the item

Open questions

• Should marathon, sprinting and track running be separate primary entries?
• How should sports science sources be linked?
• The registry entry has merged aliases naming disciplines, events and a national industry; should they be split off?

Machine files

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q105674/spec.json