Runner or jogger?

[JoolieB1]

I guess I would see myself as a runner but would others think I am a jogger? I run nice and slowly at around 7.30 minutes per kilometre. I run at least 25 km per week (3 x 5 and a 10)! What defines a jogger, is it speed or maybe distance? What do you think?

[Millsie-J]

Mmm i thiink there have been other posts on this, but this is how I see it:

If I run i use a specific technique, in simple terms both feet leave the ground for a short time- which does not happen when we walk. Hence the high impact element of running, not so when walking (both are of course weight bearing exercise).

Now: if I 'jog', i use the same running technique! So running and jogging are one and the same thing.

So we are all runners. Therefore we are also all joggers if that is your prefered terminology.

Dont get drawn into those conversations where (some) fast runners say there is a difference in their craft and slower runner's craft. There isnt!

Run and enjoy folks, speed is just a number! Running is the important thing.

And hey.....spring is nearly here 😀🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻, what more do we need?

[Curlygurly2 Graduate10]

I really don't like the word "jogging"! I am a runner (I'm slower than you Joolie)

[JoolieB1 Graduate10 in reply to Curlygurly2]

As long as we aren't walking, it is still running!

[Bazza1234 Graduate10]

I have heard that the difference between a runner and a jogger - is a race bib/number.

[Dunder2004 Graduate10]

Jogging is running at a comfortable pace just as sprinting is running at your maximum pace.

When you jog, you are both jogging and running.

[jt24 Graduate10]

I have seen it written that 6 minute kilometres/ 10 minute miles are 'running' and slower is jogging.

However, I think the term jogging implies an easy effort- there's nowt easy about my 11+ minute miles

Therefore, I reckon if you are moving your legs in a running motion- at whatever pace- and putting in a damn good effort then you are running

[Biscuit0107 Graduate10]

Personally, I think Jogging is same technique as running but with minimum effort and a similar heart rate to walking, running needs a bit more effort 😊

[Bazza1234 Graduate10]

My "jogging" pace and Mo Farah's jogging pace - are two different things. Therefore the act of jogging cannot be defined in terms of pace

[Irish-John Graduate10]

'Jogging' is a term made up by people who have lost the joy of Running and tend to see themselves as SUPERIOR Gazelles....

[Nobbywatts]

In my brain I'm a runner. A slow runner. I "go for a run" not "for a jog". A jog is the thing you do when you need to go just a little faster than a walk, like when you're crossing the road and not leaving yourself quite enough time to walk across, you break into a sort of little jog to get you there a bit quicker. Or someone calls you to the phone at work, and you're at the other end of the building ... oh no, hang on. That's running. I run at work sometimes. Naughty.

[misswobble Graduate10]

I really don't mind but I think if I want to be quick I say "run". A leisurely session would be a jog 🙂

[Anniemurph Graduate10]

Well, your 'slowly' is my 'pushing it a bit', so our definitions of running and jogging are different, as most people have already said. I used to get a bit hung up about this, and now I don't care. There are faster runners who look down on slower runners (none of them on this forum ) and oddly, it tends to be non-runners who use the term jogging more. If others want to call me a jogger, and mean it in a derogatory manner, let them - they can sod off. I'm happy with what I do

[JoolieB1 Graduate10 in reply to Anniemurph]

I did my first parkrun in 43 minutes and felt like I slogged all the way round. I graduated a year ago now and have just focussed on making running fun, going out regularly and then slowly increasing distance. As my fitness improved, my pace increased naturally but I don't worry about knocking time off because I just do it for my own fitness and relaxation!! Running fast to me makes it not fun anymore

[Qscout]

I think it is down to when you started. To me "jogging" is an 80's thing. Don't really hear of anyone going for a jog anymore. Anyone I know goes for a run.

[OldPossum in reply to Qscout]

I agree. I think of jogging as an 80s thing. They always seemed to bounce too and Laura taught us not to waste energy bouncing so we must be runners 😀😀

[JoolieB1 Graduate10 in reply to OldPossum]

I don't bounce either but it has got me in trouble a couple of times because shuffling led to me tripping over a tree root and down I went. Next time, I scuffed my foot on a speed bump and landed in the road. LOL, I survived 🙂

[MrsLis Graduate10 in reply to JoolieB1]

Pleased to hear that I'm not the only one - I nearly fell over because I didn't lift my foot high enough to go over a squashed Coke can!

And I run (slowly)! I think 'running' is generic - it covers everything from jogging to sprinting. I don't suppose that sprinters say that they're going for a sprint, I'm sure they go for a run. I may (or may not) jog, but I go for a run, therefore I'm a runner!

[GoogleMe Graduate10]

Laura does utter the word jog right at the beginning (as an inducement not to go too fast, so well-intentioned) but I pretended I hadn't heard her. I don't find it a helpful concept, all I am interested in is what gets me out there again and again and again and the word 'run' is what does that.

[mfamilias Graduate10]

Jog: "Run at a steady gentle pace, especially on a regular basis as a form of physical exercise."

Run: "Move at a speed faster than a walk, never having both or all the feet on the ground at the same time."

These are the definitions from the OED. (I'm presuming that they mention "both or all the feet" to include four-legged beasties, at least I hope so... Although I've never seem my dog without at least two paws on the ground...)

So if you jog, you run. I have three speeds: Stop, walk, run. I run slowly or I run a bit quicker, but I never consider that I go for a jog - sounds too Jane Fonda leg-warmerish for me. You are a runner if you aren't walking. Stop worrying about the terminology, and just enjoy it

[Jari]

Why do you need to define yourself as either a runner or jogger? Personally, I have both, depending on how the very moment goes, sometimes during the same exercise, for example, at the beginning I'll be it easy and sparingly - I jogger and add speed at the end, I run faster so I'm a runner.

[Gillysmith]

Hi, I have limited time to run, so it has to be a run not a jog or else I wouldn't get around a 10k training run in under 1 hour, I often wish I had time to jog and have more time to enjoy the scenery. I have read that running is 0.6 miles per hour and above. But like others have said speed isn't important, just enjoy getting out there.

Happy 🏃‍♀️

[Oldfloss Administrator 60minGraduate]

If I walk, I am a walker; If I run, I am a runner .

When I came off the IC, I was neither a runner or a walker... I may have been a jogger then ( certainly did many of Irishprincess 's jogettes

But what I am mostly, when I run... is grateful... that I am just doing it