Topic: Running vs Jogging
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Bob
TX
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04/07/2005 Total Posts: 386
3.0 Years Ago
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Is there a general rule as to when a person is a jogger and when a runner?
Things like mile per minute time or distance? I miss "running" if I am injured or sick but I am really really really not fast (10 min/mile 5K, 11 min/mile 10K, 12-14 min/mile for distances of 8-12 miles) and I don't want to be insulting to real runners if I call myself a runner. |
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Kim
VA
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10/27/2005 Total Posts: 202
3.0 Years Ago
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I second that...I run the final leg of IM at a 10min pace. For the amount of running I do to work up to it...(this year I ran over 1200 miles) I certainly consider myself a runner. |
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Seema
PA
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01/20/2005 Total Posts: 176
3.0 Years Ago
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According to running guru Dr. George Sheehan:
"the difference between a runner and a jogger is an entry form"
and here: http://www.storknet.com/ip/staying_well/active/good_health/aerobic/jogging.html
So what is the difference between jogging and running? There is no one definition but basically jogging is at a slower pace than running. Running a mile in less than 9 minutes is considered running. While running slower than a 9-minute mile is considered jogging.
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Terry
LA
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11/22/2004 Total Posts: 168
3.0 Years Ago
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Heres a good one from barefoot Ken at http://www.runningbarefoot.org/?name=JoggingWhat
"What is Jogging?
by Ken Bob Saxton
Jogging, by my definition is running with excessive impact on landing, which causes a jogging sensation throughout the entire body. Some 30 years ago, aerobic running became very popular, even, or especially, among people who had little or no experience learning how to run efficiently. That's why the word "jogging" was first applied to the aerobic running boom.
While the common usage of the word "jogging" has come to include most any slow running, the word itself misrepresents what running should be. People new to running, go out for a "jog" and feel a "jogging" sensation in their body, and assume it is natural. After all, it is called "jogging" isn't it?
The word "jogging" continues to gives aerobic running a bad image. When we say we are going jogging, or going to "pound" out a few miles, the image that comes to mind is one of jarring, shaking, and slamming the foot into the ground. As long as aerobic running is popularly known as "jogging", people will assume that the "jogging" sensation they feel is "natural"! And knees and backs everywhere will continue to be damaged.
Jogging is what happens when we block the feelings in our feet with shoes, or other addictive numbing substances. Jogging is very uncomfortable while barefoot and sober. Jogging happens when we stick a straight leg out in front of our body, and slam the heel into the ground, and try to use our leg to pole vault us high into the air, causing a "JOGGING" sensation each time we plummet back to the earth.
Jogging? Just don't do it! Avoid using the word, except when it is apparent you are using it in a derogatory sense to describe really bad running form. " |
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Re: Re: Running vs Jogging
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Bob
TX
Member Since:
04/07/2005 Total Posts: 386
3.0 Years Ago
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Adam,
No one has gotten insulted or at least not said anything to me. It's just a not confident thing I think. I usually finish in the bottom half of races. I am planning to run a half marathon this Sunday.
Thanks
Bob |
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Ross
ON
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11/19/2005 Total Posts: 17
2.9 Years Ago
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Mentally I stopped thinking of myself as a jogger when I crossed the frequency/committment threshold and made running part of my non-negotiable regular routine. Since running became as mandatory as bathing and brushing my teeth in my life, I've called myself a runner, thought like a runner.
Funny this is, I used to hate jogging, but I quite like running now that I've started ;-) |
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Aidan
ca
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10/31/2007 Total Posts: 4
12.7 Months Ago
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I'de say if your doing more than a walk, you're running. There really shouldn't be a line of division based on time or pace or the like to decide between a runner and a jogger. I personally, run an average of 6:41 per mile (from my last 5k) and would consider myself a runner, on the other hand, if somone was running 10-15 minute miles, they are a runner as well. Like earlier, if your doing more than a walk, your running, no matter how slow it is. Just noticed this thread is old...but it was interesting. |
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Beverly
MO
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05/31/2005 Total Posts: 1142
12.7 Months Ago
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It's either Jeff Galloway or John Bingham that says something like, once you've committed yourself to running a race and do it, you are a runner. |
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Re: Re: Running vs Jogging
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Aidan
ca
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10/31/2007 Total Posts: 4
12.6 Months Ago
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Good phrase, true too. |
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