Race has many meanings in English. It can mean:

• To go very fast – he raced to the store
• A competition between people - the race for the US presidency
• Racing, a competition about speed – the Tour de France is an important bicycle race
• Race (sociology), subdivision of the human species based on distinguishing physical characteristics that are passed on to succeeding generations.
• Race (anthropology) groups humans are often divided into based on physical traits often common among shared ancestry.
• The human race means all people - the human race is destroying the environment