Difference between running and jogging?

iuangina

Someone help me to understand.

JustMichelleB

I think it's based on pace. <6mph=jogging, >6mph=running
I could be off on the #...

_binary_jester_

You jog from a zombie

You run from a large predator

sprinkies

i agree with the above.... up to 6mph (10 min miles) is jogging, anything over that (like 9:50 miles) i consider running)

iuangina

You jog from a zombie

You run from a large predator

This I like!

kd_mazur

lol

GraceOrr

Im not sure it really matters. Running is running. No matter the pace

keenster

You jog from a zombie

You run from a large predator

Well said. The difference is only in the spelling. Running is the overarching activity. Under the big heading of running, you can further describe it as jogging (slower running) or sprinting (your fastest running), but there is no way to say when you are "running" vs. "jogging."

AmyLRed

what do you mean? difference in result, or speed? I am not sure there is a set number that differentiates. A jog is a slower easier pace, running is more exertion. Sprinting is full on, giving it your all.

audram420

Well the numbers can depend on how long your legs are too...I put the treadmill on 4.2mph and most people are walking moderately brisk, but I'm jogging. haha! I bump it up to where most people are lightly jogging and I'm sprinting!! I don't think it matters what you call it, as long as your burning some calories and exercising your heart and muscles!!

audram420

Im not sure it really matters. Running is running. No matter the pace

Yes!! It's funny when I go to log my running at 4.2-4.5 mph it comes up as walking on MFP...hehe!!

iuangina

I just see people talking that they are jogging, but what they say sounds more like running to me. I just wondered if there is a difference. Kind of like how I don't really understand the word toning. I'm slow.

melandcurt

I am only 5'3" with short, squatty legs and I can assure you that anything over 5.2mph or so is running for me, and god help me when I get up to 6mph+ because it's all I can do to not go flying off the treadmill.

lawson305

in my opinion only, it's what you can tolerate and what is taxing to your body. as someone who had trouble walking very long at 3.5 mph, i consider my c25k training at 5.3 mph as a "run." Someone training for a marathon might see it differently. Just my .02....

First tell me the difference between a walk and

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There you have it.

ericabrothers

I am only 5'3" with short, squatty legs and I can assure you that anything over 5.2mph or so is running for me, and god help me when I get up to 6mph+ because it's all I can do to not go flying off the treadmill.

i feel your pain. i am 5'3" also and my brother was talking about getting up to 9mph on the treadmill. all i could think of was how someone would peel me off of the machine behind the treadmill if i tried to run that fast. i have gotten up to 7mph before but not for very long.

adidrea

An instructor at my gym classified them like this: When running, you should be putting in enough effort to not be able to hold a conversation. While jogging, you should be putting in enough effort to not be able to sing but not so much that you can't hold a conversation.

But to me...running is running. I'm quite new to it though, so I'm probably over simplifying it :laugh:

billsica

I use the word running.
If I'm a 2 mph or 6 mph. Its makes me sound better saying
"I'm going to run"
"what is all that stuff your putting on?"
"Its my special running shoes, my HRM, my really high tech shirt, even my special running undies"
"Oh, what are you going to run in a race"
"yup, I run, I'm an athlete"

If I say jogging:
"I'm going out for a jog"
"yuppie dou*** bag"

jenniebean1680

I'm a runner, have been for 15 years.

I have read this philosophy many times in Runner's World: If YOU feel like you're running, you're running. And really, the label is not what matters. If you're moving forward at a faster-than-walk pace, IMO you're running.

There's no elite minute-per-mile cutoff where you suddenly are welcomed into the land of running.

If there's even a difference between jogging and running, it doesn't matter. Call it whatever you want!

jenniebean1680

I use the word running.
If I'm a 2 mph or 6 mph. Its makes me sound better saying
"I'm going to run"
"what is all that stuff your putting on?"
"Its my special running shoes, my HRM, my really high tech shirt, even my special running undies"
"Oh, what are you going to run in a race"
"yup, I run, I'm an athlete"

If I say jogging:
"I'm going out for a jog"
"yuppie dou*** bag"

THIS. haha.

76tech

For some reason, I wrote the response to this about five times, erased, started again, etc.

It's because jogging seems to have a negative connotation to some people. Especially those new to running. I hear things like,
"I'm not a runner, I can only jog".

Which is sad, because then you've already limited yourself.

Either you are walking, or running. No in between. Ask someone with a good deal of running experience, most of the time they will agree with this.

Remember, the term "jogging" wasn't even used as it is today until less than 50 years ago. People have been running far longer than that.

My point, which has taken far longer to get to than expected, is that most people are doing far better on their running work than they give themselves credit for.

felice03

I use the word running.
If I'm a 2 mph or 6 mph. Its makes me sound better saying
"I'm going to run"
"what is all that stuff your putting on?"
"Its my special running shoes, my HRM, my really high tech shirt, even my special running undies"
"Oh, what are you going to run in a race"
"yup, I run, I'm an athlete"

If I say jogging:
"I'm going out for a jog"
"yuppie dou*** bag"

lol...

BerryH

Running is the word runners use.

Jogging is what people dismissive of running use.

If you put one foot in front of the other and it's faster than a walk, you're a runner.

76tech

And Ron Burgundy even calls it running:
"Oop... I almost forgot. I won't be able to make it fellas. Veronica and I trying this new fad called uh, jogging. I believe it's jogging or yogging. it might be a soft j. I'm not sure but apparently you just run for an extended period of time. It's supposed to be wild. "

from Anchorman.

76tech

Running is the word runners use.

Jogging is what people dismissive of running use.

If you put one foot in front of the other and it's faster than a walk, you're a runner.

:flowerforyou:
I like how you said exactly what I did, in three lines. Mine took like eight, far too long.

pucenavel

I've come to believe in this definition:

If you always have at least one foot touching the ground, it's walking.

If you land on your heel, it's jogging.

If you land on your toes/midfoot, it's running.

gtwin

I am only 5'3" with short, squatty legs and I can assure you that anything over 5.2mph or so is running for me, and god help me when I get up to 6mph+ because it's all I can do to not go flying off the treadmill.

Lol...I'm 5'3 also, and the fastest I've gone up to is 8.5 for about 15 seconds. I'm sure I looked (and sounded) like a fool pounding my heavy a** feet on the treadmill. Oh well! :-)

calibellcollins

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ericabrothers

Lol...I'm 5'3 also, and the fastest I've gone up to is 8.5 for about 15 seconds. I'm sure I looked (and sounded) like a fool pounding my heavy a** feet on the treadmill. Oh well! :-)
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^^^ my hero for the day. I couldn't imagine getting up to 8.5 and not being thrown off of the treadmill like i was in a sling shot

Yanicka1

Lol...I'm 5'3 also, and the fastest I've gone up to is 8.5 for about 15 seconds. I'm sure I looked (and sounded) like a fool pounding my heavy a** feet on the treadmill. Oh well! :-)

^^^ my hero for the day. I couldn't imagine getting up to 8.5 and not being thrown off of the treadmill like i was in a sling shot
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I am 4'11'' and the fastest I was able to run was 8. LOL. To the OP, MFP say that I am walking, I say that I am running....I never jog.....it's soooo 70's and nothing good came out of the 70's.

warmachinejt

one you do for fun, the other you do when you're being chased by zombies

IronmanPanda

I would consider anything Zone 1 or below jogging.