Difference between running and jogging?

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iuangina
iuangina Posts: 691 Member
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Someone help me to understand.
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  • JustMichelleB
    JustMichelleB Posts: 290
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    I think it's based on pace. <6mph=jogging, >6mph=running
    I could be off on the #...
  • _binary_jester_
    _binary_jester_ Posts: 2,132 Member
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    You jog from a zombie

    You run from a large predator
  • sprinkies
    sprinkies Posts: 309 Member
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    i agree with the above.... up to 6mph (10 min miles) is jogging, anything over that (like 9:50 miles) i consider running)
  • iuangina
    iuangina Posts: 691 Member
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    You jog from a zombie

    You run from a large predator

    This I like!
  • kd_mazur
    kd_mazur Posts: 569 Member
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    lol
  • GraceOrr
    GraceOrr Posts: 44
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    Im not sure it really matters. Running is running. No matter the pace
  • keenster
    keenster Posts: 16
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    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
    AmyLRed Posts: 894 Member
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    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
    audram420 Posts: 838 Member
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    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
    audram420 Posts: 838 Member
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    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
    iuangina Posts: 691 Member
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    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
    melandcurt Posts: 16
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    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
    lawson305 Posts: 103
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    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
    >advance, amble, ambulate, canter, escort, exercise, file, foot, go, go on foot, hike, hit the road, hoof it, knock about, lead, locomote, lumber, march, meander, pace, pad, parade, patrol, perambulate, plod, prance, promenade, race, roam, rove, run, saunter, scuff, shamble, shuffle, slog, stalk, step, stride, stroll, strut, stump, take a walk, toddle, tour, traipse, tramp, travel on foot, traverse, tread, trek, troop, trudge, wander, wend one's way ?

    There you have it.
  • ericabrothers
    ericabrothers Posts: 115
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    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
    adidrea Posts: 275 Member
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    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
    billsica Posts: 4,741 Member
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    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
    jenniebean1680 Posts: 351 Member
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    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
    jenniebean1680 Posts: 351 Member
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    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
    76tech Posts: 1,455 Member
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    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
    felice03 Posts: 2,732 Member
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    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...

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