Difference between Jogging & Running - General running

IronDuke

19/12/2007 at 14:43

Is there a difference between Jogging and running...or is a jog a slow run?? LOL

It's always bothered my Father, whgo hates being called a Jogger - even at 63!!!

Wilkie

19/12/2007 at 14:47

Jogging suggests someone not very serious about it, whereas running suggests purpose and altheticism!

I always say running

Siance

19/12/2007 at 14:52

Runners will go out in the worst weather conditions. Joggers generally won't.

PloddingOn pirate

pirate

19/12/2007 at 15:02

I read something that I dont' really agree with, but apparnetly technically a runner is someone who does under a 9 minute mile.

I think it's silly. I agree with Wilkie though - runners put more into it and take it more seriously. It's like those annoying people who go swimming in training lanes, and do a bobbing breastroke with their heads about the water so as not to wet the hair. AND they know nothing about pool ettiquette. Should be drowned really. Difference between a "swimmer" and a "person in a pool"

Beware Of The Fish

19/12/2007 at 15:07

Jogger is a term used by non-runners for something they don't unserstand.

stoxy

19/12/2007 at 15:08

I'm a runner.

Stoxy (10:30 minute miler).

19/12/2007 at 15:08

If someone saw me out on my long slow 11+m/m runs they might think I was a jogger - but I am not, I am a runner. I was out on the hills for nearly two hours on Sunday in the freezing cold wind because I have a race target in March that I want to achieve. I think we are what we want to be - I think of myself as a runner and I therefore I am. (Occasionally I am also a person in a pool

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PloddingOn pirate

pirate

19/12/2007 at 15:10

I knew I was going to put my foot in it!!

It's ok though - you are a runner so you can be a person in a pool...

19/12/2007 at 15:13

Lady Pineapple

19/12/2007 at 15:16

I agree with PloddingOn.

I consider myself a runner but am nowhere near a 9-minute mile at the present time . Goodness me, I go out in any weather (even 'bum-numbing' levels of cold ) and get hideously frustrated when either I'm not able to go out running or I fall short of targets I set myself (something which has happened rather a lot in recent times). Not sure whether 'athleticism' comes into it for me, but certainly purpose.

Not sure whether I call myself a swimmer or not. I deliberately don't go in the lanes cos I don't consider myself good enough, but I do duck my head under the water properly when doing breaststroke, and at least attempt to swim other strokes! An infrequent swimmer perhaps as well, but I do try to take it seriously when I'm there.

Try Taffia

19/12/2007 at 15:17

Joggers = those suffling around without a goal.

runners = a goal of finishing in race or better PB

Lady Pineapple

19/12/2007 at 15:19

On second thoughts, I am a person in a pool!

I only took up swimming because I'd sprained my ankle and couldn't run, and I only carry on with it to supplement the running. Not enough scenery to keep me occupied.

Lady Pineapple

19/12/2007 at 15:20

I'd go along with that definition TT!

PloddingOn pirate

pirate

19/12/2007 at 15:22

Ha ha ha - oh crap I started something didn't I?? No NBS in pools though!

I get to be a runner and a swimmer.

But I am a person on a bike!

Lady Pineapple

19/12/2007 at 15:28

I'm a person on a bike - or I would be if I owned one.

It's a bit like asking whether someone's a musician/singer, or just someone who does karaoke down the pub occasionally. You don't have to be a paid professional to consider yourself the former if you take it seriously.

Wilkie

19/12/2007 at 15:30

I rarely swim - only on holiday, so then I am a person in a pool. Or the sea.

Another definition I've seen - if you have a race number, you are a runner.

19/12/2007 at 15:31

I'm a person who owns a bike - it gathers dust mostly ... maybe this summer ...

Try Taffia

19/12/2007 at 15:32

Joggers, persons on bikes and persons in the pool.

Pull your finger out, a sprint tri is not that far.............

PloddingOn pirate

pirate

19/12/2007 at 15:36

I dont' even own a bike!!!

Try Taffia

19/12/2007 at 15:38

Technicaly I don't own my bike on order............;)