Am I running or Jogging

I have a question I'm 5'7 200 lbs and when I do my runs I usualy do 6.2K in 48 minutes that comes to out to be a pace of 5.2MPH is that a run or a jog?

In the activities available on this website it's under running. Running - 5.2 mph (11.5 Min/mile)

If you're asking generally?  Meh.  It doesn't matter.  I say "go for a run" and when I was going at your pace I called it running.  Made me feel better about it :)

That's a fairly slow pace, but as poutyface says, it doesn't really matter.  At least, not to me. :)  I've always said I'm going out for a run, regardless of the pace I've been running at. 

There was some threads in here dealing with running vs. jogging, and as far as I remember, there was no clear definition of what a run was and what a jog was. 

Clint

running!

RUNNING!  I move slower than that, and I most definitely call it running.  In fact, I ran my first marathon this past year and ran it in just over an 11 min/mile pace.  So keep on moving!

I think the whole running/jogging thing is rediculous... If you're pushing yourself and you feel you are running, then you're running. No one other than you can say what you're doing. Simple as that. So basically it's upto you, there's not a certain speed that is defined as running and the same for jogging.

By the way I wasn't trying to be rude (sorry if I came across that way) I just dislike the running-jogging argument.

The treadmills at my gym have automatic quick-speed buttons labelled 2.0 = walk, 4.0 = jog, 6.0 = run. That's just a general example... I agree with the people above though.

Original Post by meganclifford:

By the way I wasn't trying to be rude (sorry if I came across that way) I just dislike the running-jogging argument.

I like the Penguin's definition.  If you walk out the door and put one foot in front of the other, you are running!  Giddy up!!

I agree, there is no line.  People are too different.  I am short with stubby legs, and there are many people who can walk faster than I can jog. And at the gym, there's this tall, lanky guy whose easy, warm up jog is as fast as my 1/2 mile pace. 

I've heard that, technically, if your front foot touches the ground before the back one lifts off the ground, it's walking.  If both are off the ground, it's running.  That leaves a very WIDE range of speed, from person to person.

Original Post by sharz96:

I agree, there is no line.  People are too different.  I am short with stubby legs, and there are many people who can walk faster than I can jog. And at the gym, there's this tall, lanky guy whose easy, warm up jog is as fast as my 1/2 mile pace. 

I've heard that, technically, if your front foot touches the ground before the back one lifts off the ground, it's walking.  If both are off the ground, it's running.  That leaves a very WIDE range of speed, from person to person.

 

 And it still doesn't cover what jog is, vs run.  But I believe that does cover the definition of run vs. walk when it comes to walk races.

Clint

Original Post by pbear999:

 And it still doesn't cover what jog is, vs run.  But I believe that does cover the definition of run vs. walk when it comes to walk  

I was curious... From Wiki's "Racewalking" entry:

Racewalking is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Stride length is reduced, so to achieve competitive speeds, racewalkers must attain cadence rates comparable to those achieved by Olympic 400-meter runners—and they must do so for hours at a time since the Olympic events are the 20 kilometres race walk and 50 kilometres (31 mi) race walk.

Original Post by cellophane_star:

Original Post by pbear999:

 And it still doesn't cover what jog is, vs run.  But I believe that does cover the definition of run vs. walk when it comes to walk  

I was curious... From Wiki's "Racewalking" entry:

Racewalking is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Stride length is reduced, so to achieve competitive speeds, racewalkers must attain cadence rates comparable to those achieved by Olympic 400-meter runners—and they must do so for hours at a time since the Olympic events are the 20 kilometres race walk and 50 kilometres (31 mi) race walk.

 It's funny... I frequent a running/walking forum as well, and apparently there's major issues if people register for a half marathon walk because they're planning on doing run/walk intervals (10 minutes running, 1 minute walking) because that's cheating, as per race walking rules.  Even if you run jog for 1 minute, you're disqualified from the race.

But if you register for the half marathon "running" race, feel free to walk all you want. :)  So if you get tired and need to take a break, it's ok.

It makes sense when you think about it (I think).  But at first thought, it seems backwards (or it did to me, anyway).

Clint

Jogging is running. 

But the difference between jogging and other subsets of running (sprinting, for example) vary too much from individual to individal--and for that matter, over time and fitness levels for the SAME individual--to define it by a speed measurement, as the OP inquired about. 

That's not to say that a particular group, such as a track team, for example, may not establish that when they say "jog", they mean X min miles.  But as far as a generally accepted speed definition ... no.

Original Post by pbear999:

 It's funny... I frequent a running/walking forum as well, and apparently there's major issues if people register for a half marathon walk because they're planning on doing run/walk intervals (10 minutes running, 1 minute walking) because that's cheating, as per race walking rules.  Even if you run jog for 1 minute, you're disqualified from the race.

But if you register for the half marathon "running" race, feel free to walk all you want. :)  So if you get tired and need to take a break, it's ok.

It makes sense when you think about it (I think).  But at first thought, it seems backwards (or it did to me, anyway).

Clint

Yeah, I watch the Olympic walkers and in the marathon they are watched the entire time to make sure both their feet are down. They get 2 chances to make a mistake, and on the third mistake they're out. I remember one woman in the Sydney Olympics being disqualified 200m away from winning the marathon... heartbreaking.

use the RPE scale (Rate of Percieved Exertion)... if it feels like you're doing something, you're doing something.

guage your exertion on a scale of 0 to 10; 0 being doing nothing at all and 10 being full out sprinting

you want to be running at an RPE of about 5-6 for the majority of your workout, speeding up or slowing down if you are doing intervals or HIIT

the RPE scale is one of the most accurate measures of how hard you are working out, and most effective. You can't lie to yourself, you know what feels hard to you more then someone else would.

Original Post by carmenxox:

use the RPE scale (Rate of Percieved Exertion)... if it feels like you're doing something, you're doing something.

guage your exertion on a scale of 0 to 10; 0 being doing nothing at all and 10 being full out sprinting

you want to be running at an RPE of about 5-6 for the majority of your workout, speeding up or slowing down if you are doing intervals or HIIT

the RPE scale is one of the most accurate measures of how hard you are working out, and most effective. You can't lie to yourself, you know what feels hard to you more then someone else would.

 

 Great thanks for the advise. I have never tryed that I will next week.

Original Post by carmenxox:

the RPE scale is one of the most accurate measures of how hard you are working out, and most effective. You can't lie to yourself, you know what feels hard to you more then someone else would.

Heart rate is the most accurate measure of how hard you are working out, or power meters if you are on the bike.  The problem with RPE is that it doesn't account for being sore, being sick, being dehydrated etc...  all things that will affect the "feel" of your workout.

Heart rate never lies....