Jogger or runner ?

At which speed i should stop being considered a jogger and become a runner ?

I jog ( or run) between 7.5 and 8.5 km/hr. I am a jogger or a runner ?

[AliB1 Graduate]

I call myself a runner and i'm not fast!

[Deryn61 Graduate]

I dont think it is a question of speed - or lack of (as in my case!). You are a runner if you consistently/regularly go out running.

[AliB1 Graduate in reply to Deryn61]

absolutely....been looking for a quote that i've seen before but can't find at the mo but something about no matter how far, how fast you if you are out there doing it you are a runner!

[laj1987 Graduate in reply to AliB1]

This quote??

"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

[AliB1 Graduate in reply to laj1987]

Yes! thank you, you've put me out of my misery trying to find it lol

[Legion Graduate in reply to laj1987]

I Googled that quote and it led me to a couple of very interesting sounding books by John Bingham ('No Need For Speed' and 'Running For Mortals') which I hope to get hold of, and might be of interest to other c25kers.

[Greg_M Graduate]

Or you could get technical about it maybe? I don't think there is a technical class of motion called jogging. If you have the patience to watch the 50k walk in the Olympics and see anyone unfortunate enough to be disqualified it will likely be because they are running!

Something to do with feet, if you always have one foot on the ground you are walking, if there is a period where you have both feet off the ground you are running. Something like that anyway. But whatever the detail there are rules and official definitions and they don't use the term jog....

So, you are either walking or running, that's it no other option

I think saying you are a "jogger" is just self-deprecation

You are a runner no need for false modesty, shout it out loud! You have worked hard for it.

[shelleymcb Graduate]

Im sure I read somewhere that under 6mph is jogging & over 6mph is running. personally I come in as a fast jogger & occasionally a slow runner (with the wind behind me & going downhill )

[jomcc4 Graduate]

In my head I'm a jogger, if I'm speaking to anyone, I'm definatly a runner.

[AnnaJ Graduate]

my running speed is sometimes the same as my brisk walking speed but i am still a runner! in the same way a writer is someone who writes and if we are being really technical....what makes a bed and breakfast a hotel

feel proud and call yourself a runner,

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Fantastic guys ! Thank you so much for all your answers.

..... and you know what ? Now I am fully convinced I am a runner !

Greg, I just love your replay, you are always so positive in your answers! Thanks to be part of this community !