The Difference Between Jogging & Running

[spontaneousbootay]

The fastest marathoners run as fast as many people sprint.

[doogles]

Jogging is not an intentional heel strike movement. Jogging is simply running at a leisurely pace. It IS about pace. You can sprint with a heel strike. You can jog with a forefoot strike. The movements are not defined by which part of the foot makes contact with the ground. Update: I am not arguing in favor of heel-striking.

[nicholastafufo]

Humans have been jogging for thousands of years.

[stefanierunz]

Jogging is absolutely NOT relegated to a heel strike.

[swegatron]

Are you really implying that jogging was not done before it was invented in the 70s ?

[cody]

“Jogging has been around for 50 years” brother

[franklehouillier]

This is a completely made up definition and is unsupported by any running research. Something like 60% of sub 2:10 marathoners heel strike for some portion of their race. Are you going to say that those people are “jogging”?

[jamesb]

You can definitely sprint with a long stride rolling heel strike, and jog with short midline motion on the ball of the foot. It's not a function of foot placement that determines the pace.

[Terszel]

Redefining terms that didnt need to be redefined 😮‍💨

[brandonng]

I learnt how to run from Steven Seagal

[soapsnk]

fun fact i never naturally ran with just toes, always ran heel-toe. im just learning this now?? didn’t know it was possible to run wrong

[lebaguette]

As somebody who ran cross country, that is not the difference in between running and jogging.

[that_which_is_not]

You can jog on your mid and forefoot, footstrike is a choice ✌️

[citrix]

Jog until your heart rate comes down naturally for same effort, and through consistency you will be able to use more effort and will be able to recover

[mudgatebronn]

This is incorrect. You can run while healstriking or jog while tipping toes. The difference between jogging and running is that jogging is slow and running is fast. Check out Fredrik zillen if you went to learn more about running

[brians]

“Jogging is 50 years old” lol. lmao even.

[jackmeowmeowmeow]

I have naturally began to shift from heel walking to toe walking and employing it for running or pretty much any movement. Feels more natural and reliable and reactive than heel first, plus helps to keep from walking on something like a nail or glass especially outdoors. The leg strength you build is unreal just naturally.

[TrekieGal]

This was a great example of the difference

[PatrikKron]

I have more of the running style. I find it hard to find new shoes that allow for the foot to bend. My old running shoes does that, but almost all new shoes have a thick stiff sole with various amount of dampening.

[victorquesada]

I'm not so sure about the first half of the definition, but I definitely empathize with the closing argument of about using your lower leg muscles to stabilize yourself while sprinting. Every time that I've tweaked something, it's because I've pushed too hard. Two suddenly without warming up after a period of inactivity. It's well worth it to strengthen those secondary muscles to lay a firm foundation for being able to be a good sprinter or runner