Difference between running and jogging?

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  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
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    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
    76tech Posts: 1,455 Member
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    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
    76tech Posts: 1,455 Member
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    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
    pucenavel Posts: 972 Member
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    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
    gtwin Posts: 290 Member
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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.


    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
    ericabrothers Posts: 115
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    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
    Yanicka1 Posts: 4,564 Member
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    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
    warmachinejt Posts: 2,167 Member
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    one you do for fun, the other you do when you're being chased by zombies
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  • IronmanPanda
    IronmanPanda Posts: 2,083 Member
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    I would consider anything Zone 1 or below jogging.
  • thedeegan4
    thedeegan4 Posts: 422 Member
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    Im not sure it really matters. Running is running. No matter the pace
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    Agreed!
  • witheredorchid
    witheredorchid Posts: 164 Member
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    To me it's the difference of being able to breath and not being able to breath when I'm done. :)
  • HardHunk
    HardHunk Posts: 22
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    While running, you keep your body above ground, far more than you do while walking.
  • Kygirl97
    Kygirl97 Posts: 4
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    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.

    I love Anchorman! To me, when I'm with my dog, I'm "running". When I'm with my 12-year-old daughter who is running much faster than me, I'm "jogging".
  • tlsegar
    tlsegar Posts: 185 Member
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    Jogging, running? - It's all the same to me. Both terms indicate a pace faster than I have ever been capable of maintaining for more than a minute.
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,293 Member
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    I don't think speed has much to do with it. I call it jogging if I am not working hard, when I push myself, I call it running.
  • auticus
    auticus Posts: 1,051 Member
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    Jogging -> slower pace. Takes a while to get your heart rate up. Can go for a long time.

    Running -> faster pace. Heart goes up faster. Can't do it as long.

    Sprinting -> as fast as you can. Heart goes up faster. Can't do it as long.

    You should incorporate all three.
  • Chagama
    Chagama Posts: 543 Member
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    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.
    Works for me!
  • dlaplume2
    dlaplume2 Posts: 1,658 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:

    I have heard that too. That is what I go by and at my 4.5 mph pace I call it running.
  • Catzwitch
    Catzwitch Posts: 205 Member
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    . 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.


    Hey! I came out of the 70s! :tongue:

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