runner

runner or stolon, slender, creeping stem capable of taking root where its nodes touch the ground and thereby producing new shoots. The runner itself usually dies at the end of the season, leaving independent new plants. Among the plants that propagate by means of runners are the strawberry, the black raspberry, white clover, and some grasses.

Runner may refer to:

• Someone or something who runs
• Baserunner, an offensive player in baseball who has successfully reached base
• Gilera Runner, a moped/scooter manufactured by Gilera
• Runner (band)
• Runner (cricket), a player who runs for an injured batsman
• Runner (comics), a Marvel Comics character
• Runner (film), a film by the British artist Ravi Deepres
• Runner (Logans Run), a type of character in the film Logan's Run
• Runner (song), a 1984 hit single by Manfred Mann's Earth Band
• Runner (Stargate), a type of character in the fictional Stargate universe
• "Runner" (Stargate Atlantis), an episode of the television series Stargate Atlantis
• USS Runner (SS-275), Gato-class submarine, 1942–1943
• USS Runner (SS-476), Tench-class submarine, 1944–1971

Runner may also refer to:

• Messenger
• Athletic shoe
• Television crew Runner, the most junior members of a television crew
• Stolon, an aerial shoot from a plant with the ability to produce adventitious roots and new clones
• Sling (climbing equipment)
• Long, flat, smooth ski-like glides on a sled
• A runner rug, a long, narrow rectangular rug
• Any of several members of the carangidae family of fishes
• The rotating driven element of a water turbine (hydroelectric) generator

See also

• Run
• Athlete (track and field)