Running by type

running over a short distance at the top-most speed of the body in a limited period of time

thumb|Leon Okafor of Austria runs a hurdle at a 2018 event in Linz.|alt=A man with a goatee and tightly cropped hair wearing a blue tank top and white shorts faces the camera with mouth open at medium range. He has his right leg, sole of the shoe visible, extended over a narrow strip of wood painted in regular black and white stripes supported by circular metal bars at the bottom of the frame while his left leg, behind the wood, can be seen to the knee. On his chest is a piece of paper with "OKAFOR" printed on it.

sport in which competitors race by running a long-distance course on natural terrain

athletic event

track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres

mountain and forest sport

thumb|right|150px|The standard international orienteering symbol is used to designate a checkpoint on rogaining courses.

distance running sport on roads

sports discipline

thumb|220 px|A sky runner.

thumb|right|A woman canicrossing with two dogs

sport which involves running up tall man-made structures

Running without shoes

right|thumb|180px|Guinness World Record-holder The Passing Zone|Owen Morse joggling during a training session at [[University of California, Irvine, in 1988]] thumb|160px|A runner joggles past the 20 mile marker during the 35th Marine Corps Marathon, October 31, 2010 thumb|160px|2007 Chicago Marathon

Running event across multiple days