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Running vs Jogging - What's the Difference?

seasicksquid
seasicksquid Posts: 73 Member
edited December 2024 in Social Groups
I "run" about a 13 minute pace, but I don't know if I'd call it running...

So what's the difference between running and jogging? Do you have to jog before you can run?

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  • virginiejaubin
    virginiejaubin Posts: 497 Member
    I think we have to start by jogging before running. I jog 4.5 K in 30 min, and still call it jogging... I would call running an under than 10 minute mile speed.
  • flabulous4
    flabulous4 Posts: 599 Member
    Don't think it matters!
  • classictoaster
    classictoaster Posts: 197
    Don't think it matters!

    This!
  • SomeMorr
    SomeMorr Posts: 220 Member
    For me.. running is 6mph.. to which I can only do in few minute bursts.. I def. had to "jog" first which was like 4.5mph, my short chubby legs had to acclimate to the idea of moving faster than they ever had before. Anything that that gets a sweat going is awesome either way!
  • flabulous4
    flabulous4 Posts: 599 Member
    Under 10 minutes a mile seems to be what most people consider to be the threshold...I've got to the point now where I run between an 8-9 minute mile...but then at parkrun I get lapped by the guys who can run 5K in 18 minutes or less...and then I feel like such a jogger!
  • yogibella
    yogibella Posts: 321 Member
    I've wondered this too, as if jogging takes less effort & running is more serious or something. But then someone posted this brilliant quote and I just see running as running now:)

    "If you run, you are a runner. It doesn't matter how fast or how far. It doesn't matter if today is your first day or if you've been running for twenty years. There is no test to pass, no license to earn, no membership card to get. You just run." -- John Bingham
  • ichorica
    ichorica Posts: 475 Member
    I've wondered this too, as if jogging takes less effort & running is more serious or something. But then someone posted this brilliant quote and I just see running as running now:)

    "If you run, you are a runner. It doesn't matter how fast or how far. It doesn't matter if today is your first day or if you've been running for twenty years. There is no test to pass, no license to earn, no membership card to get. You just run." -- John Bingham

    I love this quote! Thanks for sharing!
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