I would like to start running. I heard it has many benefits.
running is a type of gait. its charazterize by an aerial phase in which feet are above the ground. i like running in short bursts but not long ones. 
Oh like sprinting. What else can you tell me about running?
it can actually refer to a variety of speeds including jogging and sprinting. i thought jogging was separate from running but i see now they are one in the same a lot of times.
Same here. I didnt realize that. Do people all over the world enjoy running?
yes, its also an old pastime as records of competitive racing date back to ireland in 1829 BCE. the first recorded olympic games took place in 776 bce.
Wow. Amazing that something as simple as simple as running has had such an impact for so long as a sport.
yup. competitive running actually grew out of religious festivals!
Seriously? I find that so fascinating. Thanks for all the info.
between 632 BCE and 1171 BCE, while the first recorded Olympic Games took place in 776 BCE. Running has been described as the world's most accessible sport.
History.
It is thought that human running evolved at least four and a half million years ago out of the ability of the ape-like Australopithecus, an early ancestor of humans, to walk upright on two legs.
Early humans most likely developed into endurance runners from the practice of persistence hunting of animals, the activity of following and chasing until
: the walk and a faster gait similar to running. In walking, the legs act as pendulums, with the hips and shoulders rising and falling while the foot is planted on the ground. With no "aerial phase", the fast gait does not meet all the criteria of running, although the elephant uses its legs much like other running animals, with the hips and shoulders falling and then rising while the feet are on the ground. Fast-moving elephants appear to 'run' with their front legs, but