Run or jog?

[Taniajo]

Really dopey question, but what is the difference between a run and a jog?

[SueAppleRun Graduate]

Might need to google that, I used to run in the 1970’s and hadn’t heard of jogging, then it became all the rage in the 80’s every one seemed to be going jogging

[jadevictoria Graduate]

The difference is whatever you perceive it as. The only difference really is between walking and running. People use the term jogging to mean a slow run, but what is a slow run is different to everyone. Usain Bolt going for a jog would likely be sprint to any of us couch newbies.

Just keep your feet moving and don’t worry about semantics

[BradC Graduate in reply to jadevictoria]

Exactly. As you say, it’s best relating it to the individual’s ability and/or perception. What I’m doing feels like running to me, even if I’m not reaching some arbitrary figure of say 10 minutes per mile🏃‍♂️🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️😀

[Instructor57 Graduate]

Not a Dopey question at all .

Take a look at this !

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[BradC Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

Interesting link. However, the words mean whatever they mean in context. Both jogging and sprinting after all are both forms of running. So if you are doing either of those you’re still running, whether slow or fast.

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to BradC]

Absolutely

[willsie01]

As a beginner OAP runner I regard walking as the action of placing one foot in front of the other

[Speedy60 Graduate in reply to willsie01]

True, but only part of the story. When you walk, your body never leaves contact with the ground. When you run, both feet leave the ground at some point during your stride.

[willsie01 in reply to Speedy60]

Oops! My granddaughter is really into pressing the buttons of all devices and she sent my message before it was finished. I was about to mention what you just have so I’ll leave it at that!

[Speedy60 Graduate in reply to willsie01]

👍😊

[Speedy60 Graduate]

The difference often comes down to snobbery. Many non-runners refer to runners as joggers - it's the sort of thing you'd hear in a BBC report on general exercise. There are serious runners who really don't like the term.

Having said that, I always refer to myself as a runner, and tell my partner I'm going out for a run. Either I'm a running snob, or I've just bought into the terminology. 🤷‍♀️

I find this very interesting because I've done a lot of work on linguistics and how language is used to include and exclude different groups. Shame I wasn't a runner before I retired. 🤣

[Taniajo Graduate]

Thankyou all. I always say i am going for a run, but then think im a fraud for being slow!

[CBDB Graduate]

Isn’t this about different American vs UK use of the word, with different associated contexts?

As a teenager I lived 5 years in the US, and general leisurely runs were always called jogging. A run-ny ‘run’ would have entailed a track and that competitive racing-type activity. So you would only ‘jog’ after work, unless you go running around the track at your running club.

Having lived with an Englishman in the UK (I’m German) for the last 20 years, you would more likely call everything a run, including fell runs, park run, hare run, and marathon runs, etc. A run here does not necessarily include that race-competitive aspect. And ‘jogging’ feels as if it is an imported American concept.

For info: in Germany we have Dauerlaufen. Which translated literally as distance-running. So quite neutral either way, whereas there is the word ‘race’ (das Rennen) and racing/running (rennen).