What is Frame Running?
Frame Running is an international adaptive sport and recreational activity for people with limited or challenged mobility, and an effective and inclusive way to experience freedom of movement.
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As an international disability sport, children and adults compete with running frames on an athletics track. Events range from 100 to 5000 meters. Competitors are classified based on their level of ability and race against other competitors in their class.
​​​From recreation to rehabilitation to competition, Frame Running is an effective and inclusive way to experience freedom of movement.
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Recreational or competitive mobility solution for all ages and abilities
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Ideal for adaptive inclusive recreation centers, programs, and events
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Beneficial in physiotherapy and developmental therapeutic settings
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Can be used on track, bike paths, or rail & trail
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Frame Running History
Mansoor Siddiqi is the world's first Frame Running athlete, former coach for the Danish National Frame Running team, and member of the CPISRA International Frame Running Committee. He has written a history of Frame Running, published on framerunning.org. In collaboration with Connie Hansen he developed the first Running Frame, then called the Race Runner, and has been contributing to the development of the sport ever since.
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Mansoor Siddiqi & the first Running Frame • photo via FrameRunning.org
Frame Running as an Adaptive Sport
Frame Running became a competitive sport promoted internationally by the Cerebral Palsy (CP) International Sports and Recreation Association (now World AbilitySport) in 2016.
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World AbilitySport and World Para Athletics are the worldwide governing bodies for Frame Running.
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Frame Running was first included in a para-athletic event during the 2018 and 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships and at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships. It was omitted from the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, but was included in the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships program.
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Frame Running appears to be most popular in Europe and Australia, with Australia hosting several frame running clubs and the UK producing two Frame Running champions in Kayleigh Haggo and Gavin Drysdale.
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​Erasmus+ and the World AbilitySport co-funded the RunFree program. RunFree’s goal is “create a modular event concept for use on a local, national and international level. The modular aspects include the following replicable tools.”
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Connie Hansen, David Black, and Mansoor Siddiqi