Silly question: Difference between jogging and running????

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bidwhist
bidwhist Posts: 40 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
My thinking is, jogging is at a slower pace, and running is a faster pace of doing the same thing.

:huh:

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  • sjcply
    sjcply Posts: 817 Member
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    yep
  • kdelost630
    kdelost630 Posts: 199
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    Pretty much. Weight Watchers draws the line at 5mph. Anything under that is jogging (aka a 12minute mile).
  • KarmaxKitty
    KarmaxKitty Posts: 901 Member
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    Some people count it as the same thing, so I also always wondered...
  • bregalad5
    bregalad5 Posts: 3,965 Member
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    I don't worry about the differentiation. I do what I can, be it 4mph or 8mph (my average is usually around 5, but I get up to 8 sometimes according to My Tracks)
  • deathstarclock
    deathstarclock Posts: 512 Member
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    Jogging and running use different energy systems :drinker:
  • mea9
    mea9 Posts: 561 Member
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    Jogging is for exercise. Running there's someone behind you.
  • supertracylynn
    supertracylynn Posts: 1,338 Member
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    Fast twitch vs slow twitch muscles.

    I am a jogger because my fast twitch muscles don't work very well.
  • bidwhist
    bidwhist Posts: 40 Member
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    Jogging is for exercise. Running there's someone behind you.

    :laugh: :laugh:
  • deathstarclock
    deathstarclock Posts: 512 Member
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    Fast twitch vs slow twitch muscles.

    I am a jogger because my fast twitch muscles don't work very well.

    Actually, you use slow twitch in both activities... Sprinting uses fast twitch.
  • llkilgore
    llkilgore Posts: 1,169 Member
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    Pretty much. Weight Watchers draws the line at 5mph. Anything under that is jogging (aka a 12minute mile).

    I don't know how they can come up with any sort of meaningful definition based entirely on speed. What's jogging for a tall male in his late teens is likely to be running - or even sprinting - for a short female in her late 50s.
  • cricketannie
    cricketannie Posts: 184 Member
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    Jogging is for exercise. Running there's someone behind you.

    hahahaha
    too funny

    I have never really known the difference, but then again, I have never really been able to run. I can jog now, but only for short distances with walking in between.
    All the web pages I have looked at about it define the difference between the speed.

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