run for the exercise

Etymology
A pun on two senses of : to run for election and to travel quickly on foot.

Verb

 * 1)  To run for political office with little chance of success.
 * 2) * 1959, Candidates 1960 "xxx", Nelson. A Rockefeller, page 53
 * [I]f Rockefeller wanted to run for the exercise, [Democrats] reasoned, let him kill himself off and clear the way for a more regular Republican in the next election.
 * [I]f Rockefeller wanted to run for the exercise, [Democrats] reasoned, let him kill himself off and clear the way for a more regular Republican in the next election.