Difference between jogging and running
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mhwitt74
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At what speed do you move from a jog to a run?
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I don't think there's any difference.1
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they are both the same thing... if both feet are off the ground you're running.4
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Jogging is slow running. Kind of like the difference between a trot and a gallop for a horse3
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For me, running is anything over 10 km/h. 7 to 10 km/h is a jog. Anything lower is walking. It depends on your fitness level. Some people would be running at 8 km/h1
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Jogging is only the term for running during boxing training. I.e. road work. Otherwise it's a worthless word. There is only walking and running, and the difference is physical not speed - both feet off the ground is running7
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There is none. Only people who like to argue say there is.11
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A jogger is the most insulting thing to a call a runner!12
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"You might think running and jogging mean the same thing, but in fact they are actually different. The obvious difference between the two is the pace. Jogging is defined as going at a pace of less than 6 mph, while running is defined as anything faster than 6 mph. Other differences, including how your body burns calories and how your muscles react to the two exercises, define jogging and running."
http://livehealthy.chron.com/running-vs-jogging-3628.html4 -
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There's no meaningful difference. Your average person need not worry about it.2
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Joggers always find the bodies.3
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I had never seen the definition that jogging is 6 mph or less. It makes me think, perhaps joggers are people who think in mph while runner think in minutes per mile? 6 mph = 10 minutes per mile. I can't run that slow. It's in the dead zone, faster than I can walk but slower than I can run. So by that definition, I *never* jog.
But I do get directions from my coach that include workouts like, 4x100m stride with slow jog between. In this context, "slow jog" is an easy run with no particular effort. Even if I'm doing it at 8 minutes per mile. (7.5 mph, for those so inclined.) In this context, baseball players run the bases when the ball is in play. They jog after they hit one out of the park.
In another context, "jogger" is an insult to runners. It implies someone who is out just to burn calories, not for fun or any particular fitness benefit. In this context, the description of the difference between joggers and runners is:
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You can "walk" at 6.8 miles per hour? You must have really long legs then.richardpkennedy1 wrote: »For me, running is anything over 10 km/h. 7 to 10 km/h is a jog. Anything lower is walking. It depends on your fitness level. Some people would be running at 8 km/h
I'm pretty fit and at 4.0 that's a very fast walk for me.
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You can "walk" at 6.8 miles per hour? You must have really long legs then.richardpkennedy1 wrote: »For me, running is anything over 10 km/h. 7 to 10 km/h is a jog. Anything lower is walking. It depends on your fitness level. Some people would be running at 8 km/h
I'm pretty fit and at 4.0 that's a very fast walk for me.
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Euro Communication difficulties. 6.8 kph is 4.25 mph or 14 minute mile. Fast, but not blazing.
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No matter the speed, I always say I jog because to me, I am working more for distance and stress relief than time. I do my 'minimum' 3 miles then sometimes extend that to 5 based on how I feel.
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My bad. I really wish we would have just gotten rid of the English measurement standard when I was a kid.stanmann571 wrote: »
You can "walk" at 6.8 miles per hour? You must have really long legs then.richardpkennedy1 wrote: »For me, running is anything over 10 km/h. 7 to 10 km/h is a jog. Anything lower is walking. It depends on your fitness level. Some people would be running at 8 km/h
I'm pretty fit and at 4.0 that's a very fast walk for me.
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Euro Communication difficulties. 6.8 kph is 4.25 mph or 14 minute mile. Fast, but not blazing.
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Running is what runners call it. Jogging is for the media and people that don't understand. They may be the same ones who think in mph/kph and those that do it for weight loss only. They probably (incorrectly) think that running has to be fast and that all runs must be 'all out'.
Once you start running and start hanging with others you will pick up on the jargon and learn how to do it properly. In the beginning, call it what ever you like. Just get out there and have fun.
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Minutes per mile vs. miles per hour is more a question of runners who use a running watch vs. runners on treadmills - at least for me. My TM uses mph in .1 increments. My watch uses minutes per mile. I have a cheat sheet so I can translate between the two.
The idea that jog vs. run depends on an arbitrary speed is absurd. I know people who race as hard as they can who can't break a 10 minute mile, and others who are running slow and easy at 7 minute miles between speed reps. If both feet are off the ground at the same time, it's running.6
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