Running dreams are more related to animals, more related to unnamed people, and more related to fantastic beings than dreams in general.

Dreams of running are much more related to fear and more related to pain than dreams in general. They are less related to love.

Running dreams are much more related to home, more related to human-made places, and much more related to transportation than dreams in general.

Dreams of running are much more related to aggressive acts, more related to friendly acts, and more related to disasters than dreams in general. They are less related to sex.

Running dreams are more related to nightmares and more related to bad dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to good dreams.

Dreams of running are much more related to hearing, much more related to vision, and much more related to touch than dreams in general. They are less related to taste.

You can gain insight from thinking about any dream, no matter how strange. Only you, as the dreamer, have final say on what your dream may or may not mean. Each dream is unique.

The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience running in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.

Our emotions in dreams can help us understand its meaning. Pay attention to how you felt in the dream. Pay attention to how you feel about running in dreams. See how you feel about running now, in your waking life.

This interpretation is from ""The Dream Interpretation Dictionary: Symbols, Signs, and Meanings" and is provided by J.M. DeBord aka "RadOwl". He is the author of several acclaimed books about dreaming, the host of The Dreams That Shape Us podcast, and is a moderator of r/Dreams, one of the largest dream sharing communities on the internet. Running or racing in a dream can symbolize trying to escape something in your life. Think of situations where you might ask, “What are you running from?” Of course, if this symbolism is used, the dream is likely to show you running from something. For example, a woman dreams about running from an evil shadow. The shadow symbolizes her precarious financial situation, and running from it symbolizes that she doesn’t want to think about it. She’s not acknowledging the depth of her fear about the possibility of things getting really bad. Another woman dreams recurrently about running from a monster. One night she finally has had enough, stops running, turns and confronts the monster. It morphs into a little girl, symbolizing the “inner child” she’s been ignoring. The action of running in a dream is often a physical representation of a personal situation. It can mean you’re in a hurry to get somewhere in your life. A race against time. You want to get ahead of the competition. You’re afraid. You run from the truth. It’s a comparison used to create symbolism and connect with your life. Running in a dream can connect with the emotions triggered, such as exhilaration or enjoying a challenge. It can connect with why people run regularly, such as to stay healthy and young-looking. A man dreams about running against a competitor, just a random man. The race is only for ten meters, and in the dream he uses a starting block to launch himself and get up to full speed as quickly as possible. He repeatedly starts and is timed, but the starting block is configured for him to launch with his left leg, not his right leg, his dominant leg, and his start is slower than expected. It symbolizes “starting off on the wrong foot” in the morning. Feeling weak while trying to run can reflect a physical condition restricting your movement. See: Weakness Feeling weak can reflect a physical condition while dreaming known as sleep paralysis. You think you’re running, but your brain isn’t registering motion. See: Sleep paralysis See also: Backwards, Cars, Chasing, Feet, Flying, Legs, Monsters, Rivers, Rockets, Shoes, Sleep paralysis, Weakness, Wheelchairs S