I'm jogging/running but can only choose walking?

kdodd224
kdodd224 Posts: 1 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
So I'm only 5'4 and have been doing the jog/run/walk thing for a while. Since I'm shorter, when I get to 4.0mph I can no longer walk because it no longer feels comfortable going that fast so I start jogging. My question/concern is why I can only choose "very very fast walking" or brisk walk when I am not walking, I'm definitely jogging/running even at 5.0mph. Is there a way to adjust the calories burned? I don't feel like I'm getting anywhere when I have to choose "walking" and while it may be mental, I feel like I'm burning way more than what the app says I burned. does anyone else have this problem? or have a solution/fix to it?

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  • Catter_05
    Catter_05 Posts: 155 Member
    I have noticed the same thing. What I have seen around the internet, and I'm not sure if this is correct, but I go by it rather than the app, is that you burn about 100 calories (roughly) per mile.

    Hope this helps :). It always feels like I am burning way more calories than I actually am.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    If it really bothers you, calculate your calories burned using the walking description but log it using the create your own exercise option. The calories will be the same.

    I know that the walking description is kind of annoying. I am annoyed that there is no 5.5 mph. Only 5.0 and 5.2.
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    i dont think it matters in terms of calorie burn because the amount of calories you burn are going to be more a matter of how far you go in the amount of time.


    also, i'm 5'5 and 5.0 is still a walking speed for me so 4.0 is definitely a walk for me
  • aliakynes
    aliakynes Posts: 352 Member
    I use this calculator - http://www.runnersworld.com/tools/calories-burned-calculator
  • Meerataila
    Meerataila Posts: 1,885 Member
    I use this calculator - http://www.runnersworld.com/tools/calories-burned-calculator

    I use this sometimes, too. But it seems to have changed. Or I've gotten slower. It doesn't like some of my distance with my time. Too slow for it, I guess?

    Also, I want this shirt to run in:

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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member

    I know that the walking description is kind of annoying. I am annoyed that there is no 5.5 mph. Only 5.0 and 5.2.

    that bugs me too, as i am at 5.5 pace, tryign to get to 6mph!

    OP, slow jogging doesnt actually burn as much as you think so the walking burn is probably accurate.

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