marathon
Let an agent explain the marathon and its history and format, describe related events such as ekiden, relay training and safety guidance from athletics and health bodies, identify major races and records with sources, and support participants and fans.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What a marathon is.
Distance
Distance and origin.
Distance
Distance.
- Why is the marathon forty-two kilometres and one hundred and ninety-five metres, and how did it originate? provenance
- Is a marathon, half marathon or relay meant? boundary
Relays
Ekiden and relays.
Relays
Relays.
- What is ekiden, and how do events such as the Hakone Ekiden work? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific ekiden? action
Run Participating.
Train
Training.
Train
Training.
- What do athletics and health bodies advise about training for a marathon? provenance
- Is the user asking about their own health, which needs a clinician? boundary
Safety
Race day safety.
Safety
Safety.
- What safety guidance applies to hydration, heat and medical issues on race day? provenance
- Is a medical emergency happening now? boundary
Records Races and records.
Races
Major races.
Races
Races.
- Which marathons are the major events, and how do runners enter them? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific race? action
Records
Records.
Records
Records.
- What are the world records and notable performances, according to World Athletics? provenance
- Is the information current? boundary
Learn History and culture.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did the marathon develop from 1896 through the running boom to today? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Culture
Culture and charity.
Culture
Culture.
- What role do marathons play in cities, charity and culture? provenance
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- ACT
- Domain
- ACT.ACT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- ekiden, Japan Collegiate Ekiden Championships, Hakone Ekiden, Inter-Prefectural Women's Ekiden, New Year Ekiden, Yokohama International Women's Ekiden, Kigali International Peace Marathon, Budapest Marathon, Guangzhou Marathon, İzmir Marathon, Tashkent Marathon, NAHA Marathon
What it is Filled
A long-distance running race of forty-two kilometres and one hundred and ninety-five metres, named after the legend of the run from Marathon to Athens and established at the 1896 Olympic Games, now run in mass participation events worldwide and in elite competition, together with related long-distance relay races such as the Japanese ekiden including the Hakone Ekiden; marathons demand training and preparation and are governed by athletics federations and event organisers.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain the marathon and its history and format, describe related events such as ekiden, relay training and safety guidance from athletics and health bodies, identify major races and records with sources, and support participants and fans.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Standard distance
- Olympic origin
- Mass participation
- Relay variants
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Give personal medical advice to a runner about heart symptoms, heat illness or injury.
- Encourage running on in the presence of chest pain, collapse or heat illness signs.
- Publish runners' results, times or health data beyond what they consented to.
- Misreport records, results or doping findings without sources.
Only with a human decision
- Deciding to stop a runner or call medical help during a race when the signs are unclear.
- Changing course, timing or start because of weather or safety.
May
- Share published race information such as course, rules, cut-offs and aid stations.
- Help a runner plan training in general terms and suggest medical clearance before starting.
Moral aspects Filled
- Mass races bring heat illness and cardiac events; organisers carry a duty of care.
- Fair competition depends on honest results and clean sport.
Who is affected
- Runners
- Volunteers and medical staff
- Residents along the course
Owners Filled
Steward
The race organiser, under the rules of the national athletics body.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q878123 - registry parent class
- Q917206 - registry parent class
related
- long-distance running - category
- racing - category
- footwear - running shoes
- European Athletics Championships - a championship with a marathon
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.marathon
- Wikidata: Q40244 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40244)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Forty-two kilometre road race
- Mass and elite participation
- Half marathons and ultramarathons are other distances; ekiden is a relay
- Not physical; a road race event.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain history and format
- describe related events
- relay training and safety guidance
- identify races and records
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Injury, heat illness and cardiac events in participants
- Agents giving personal training or medical advice
- Outdated records
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- World Athletics rules for road races
- Course measurement standards
- Event safety and medical requirements
Context of use required Filled
- Long-distance running race over a standard distance.
- Olympic and championship marathons
- major city marathons
- mass participation and charity marathons
- trail and unusual marathons
- ekiden and long-distance relays
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q40244: marathon - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Marathon - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each major marathon be a separate entry?
- How should records be linked?
- How should training guidance be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q40244/spec.json