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running is not a sport. like all other means of transportation such as biking, swimming, walking and racing cars, it is not a sport. my friends and i have determined that it is 1/3 of a sport. this is becuase its a component of most sports but its the easiest half. swimming is not a sport becuase u do it to stay alive. biking is only a sport when lance armstrong is in the race. racing cars, nascar? cmon. ok now im just rambling

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define sport first?

I mean first of all running is more like athletics, plus you compete against other people.

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you're telling me running a marathon is not a sport? it's 26 fucking miles. if 99.9% of the population at this moment cannot do a certain activity, then i think it counts as a sport.

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so your justification for running not being a sport is because its a component of every other sport and is "the easiest" part. you are quite possibly one of the dumbest people to grace this site in a very long time.

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it may not be a sport but it is a component of every sport. except mabey ping pong. but even then idk if thats a sport. meh its late idk

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im getting a lot of hostility here. lets talk about sports. sprots take natural ability. everyone can run, its walking but faster. all you have to do is move ur legs faster. do u know neone who cant run? i assume not. do u know pple who cannot make a free throw. probably most pple who dont or havent played basketball. to the person who said running a marathon is a sport because its hard, so is holding ur breath for 10 minutes but thats not a sport. to the person who said im the dumbest person ever to grace this earth i believe it was, u can fuck off cause running is not a sport.

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I can handle running being a sport but....race walking, what the fuck is that, are they too lazy to run so they decide to walk as fast as they can? And you can't even use race walking in everyday life to get places fast, just jog, its faster, and less energy.

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running is a sport, its called cross country and track, and SOCCER

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it takes a lot of skill to run fast...

You have to be mentally and physically fit to be able to run fast. Sure anyone can run. Anyone can make a free throw if you give them enough time. So I guess if we go by your standards, there are no sports.

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a sport is anything that requires a level of fitness to perform. the only thing that shouldn't be considered a sport is golf.

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You are fucking stupid. Ever hear of Steve Prefontaine, he was had one of the greatest natural abilities of any athlete ever. Go run a cross country or track race, get your ass kicked, and get back to us on how running isn't a sport...

 
if running isn't a sport, neither is basketball, soccer, hockey, anything that works the legs. running IS a natural ability, BUT SO IS EVERYTHING ELSE!!! anybody can play basketball, but it takes practice to get good at.

SAME WITH RUNNING.. anybody can run slopily and slowly, but if you practice you get fucking good at it.

dont redefine the word sport.

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you said running isnt a sport because anyone can do it. thats just not very good reasoning. i mean, anyone can kick a ball, so is soccer not a sport?

what?
 
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yea just because you arent as skilled as we are in speed walkin doesnt mean where not a sport, we're in the olympics, if it wasnt for skiing i would be able to train through the winter and make my national team

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so you obviously never ran XC in high school - cause if you did then you would realize how tough it is and how ridiculous running a sub 18 min 5k is - do that and come back and tell me it's not a sport.

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fuck you, maybe you should go try running in a cross country state meet sometime... you'd probably get last place. Anyone can play basketball... NBA players miss free throws too, just like me.

If sports are about pushing your body to its limit, then running is the greatest sport of all.

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bsaically, "sport" is a word, so who cares what it means. running is still running, noi matter what else it is.

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steve prefontaine is my hero. as for running not being a sport, it all depends on how you want to define sport. in my opinion, anything that uses judges (i.e. firgure skating and unbelievably freeskiing) is more questionable as a sport, since there is no objective criteria as to the winner of the comp.

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golf is deffinatly a sport...it's a lot harder than any other 'sport' I've ever played.

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i guess running and all that would just be like competitions. kinda like who can eat 90 hot dogs first

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golf is a game or activity, not a sport. you dont have to be fit to play golf.

but to the kid who made this, how the hell is biking not a sport? have you ever been downhill biking. tell me your arms and legs are not dead after your done. have you ever done xc biking for a long time? you get extreamly tierd, have you ever tried road biking? urban biking? i can keep going but i already proved you wrong....

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nascar is not a sport and i dont care wat all the hicks in the world tell me but it is not a sport. Running on the other hand is def a sport. Your just bitchin because your a slow kid

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Running is def a sport. Like others said, join XC and track and get your ass handed to you before you slam it. Mentally it has been the hardest sport I have ever been involved in.

 
george carlin says its not a sport....

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Sport: "A sport consists of a normal physical activity or skill carried out under a publicly agreed set of rules, and with a recreational purpose: for competition, for self-enjoyment, to attain excellence, for the development of skill, or some combination of these. A sport has physical activity, side by side competition, and a scoring system. The difference of purpose is what characterises sport, combined with the notion of individual (or team) skill or prowess."

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There you go, a definition. Its a wonder how many issues these things can solve. Running and Racing fit perfectly into this. Even nasca to an extent because it is hard to drive those carse for the hours that they do.

I can personlaly say that running is alot more complicated than you think it is. I play Open side flanker (Rugby), and my position requires me to sprint constantly. Untill last week, no one ever tried to teach me how to sprint and let me tell you, there is alot of underlying technique and alot of things to think about when your sprinting with proper technique.

And i cant belive that someone said that swimming wasnt a sport because you have to do it for survival. that was quite possible the most stupid argument ever. Alot of early sports were based on compitions of survival during war.

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swimming biking and running are sports because your using your body to do it.....car racing isnt a sport because its the car. no real physical ability. now golf....that shits not a sport. your not getting tired or panting. it takes no energy.

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"if 99.9% of the population at this moment cannot do a certain activity, then i think it counts as a sport."

say only .1% of the population can turn their head 180 degrees (that example sucked i know) does that mean it's a sport?

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running is definatly a sport. And there is technique, and a lot of thinking going on while you're doing it. and proper form

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im an athlete, i play tennis, golf and i ski. lets forget about golf for now, even tho it is a sport it doesnt have any running in it. ok so to get in shape for tennis season i run and lift weights and play tennis. i also do plyometrics. i do the same for skiing. the thing about running is, its all back and forth, strait foreward movements, your like a fuckin robot who is programed to run at a certain pace. tennis for example your up and back and running left and right and diving and sliding and reaching and serving. and if u dont think tennis players are great athletes, go watch the French open. and yes runners are athletes, i do know who Pre was and he was a great runner, but running is a hobby, not a sport.

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dude, you seem to be classifying sports on how interesting they are to you. Running may be boring and mechanical, but that doesnt mean its not a sport. I would have thought that the definition would have setteled this argument. Do you just not accept the deffinition? did you decided to not read it? was it too far outside of your comprehension? like.. whats up?

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running is a sport if it's done competively is what i think. but nascar is not only the most boring thing to watch but it does not qualify as a sport.

what about golf? golf to me is in that board game area. you do it for fun and it's competitive but no athletic

 
running has been defined as a sport for a long time. the level of running and athletic ability involved is crazy to most people. even if some how you want to go against the idea that running is a sport, its still one of the most basic necessities to doing any other sports.

however, to all you people that are trying to get him with how hard it is, all sports have hard aspects. try blocking a 300lbs lineman, try getting past the biggest guy on the football team (center) that basicly is just trying to rip your head off. for me, being 150lbs it takes alot of quickness, speed, and strength to do that. day after game day the whole team always ran a 12 minute run. not that intense compared to some of the stuff runners do, but bear with me. so this 12 minute run you can either run back with the rest of the linemen, or you can run with the running backs. i ran wth the backs, and we did 2 miles in that 12 minutes. it was pretty intense for me, and it was a great way for me to build my endurance to play both sides of the ball all game. it improves your desire, toughness, endurance, everything.

still, no matter what you guys say, i've seen the wrestlers practice, and they by far have the hardest of everyone. i see the track and XC and soccer, and for those guys, its not that hard. they run a few miles every day, and hardly progress. wrestlers start out intense, and just keep getting more and more intense. they run miles and then get back to do hundreds of pushups, overhead lifts, and to climb a huge rope plenty of times.

but what i'm trying to get across is like i said earlier, all sports are hard, and they all take some skill, either natural or aquired, and running is deffinately a sport, and even if it isnt, its probably the most important aspect of sports since it improves all aspects that you need. so really, saying that its not a sport (even though its been considered one for thousands of years) is really just foolish.

 
what? that was the dumbest example ever. the kid that made this thread is arguing that everyone can run, so therefore running is not a sport. but every other post in this has basically disproven his theory.

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i know running is a sport. i was just finding fault in your post, and that example did suck but thats not the important part.

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haha, wow. are you using your brain? i mean... ah! you exasperate me with your idiocy.

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there's the "world famous" bolder Boulder today and the weather fucking blows... hahahha, stupid runners.

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sport Audio pronunciation of "sport" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (spôrt, sprt)

n.

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1. Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.

2. A particular form of this activity.

2. An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.

3. An active pastime; recreation.

fuck head. ofcourse runnign is a sport

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