running or jogging "that is the question"

[crazybikinchic]

I don't think it matters as long as you are out there moving your feet.

I too am amoung the very slow joggers.

[VeloVT]

It's not a speed, it's a state of mind .

[rocknrollgirl]

I agree, state of mind. The only people that would tell you otherwise are those "runner" types.

Just keep putting one foot in front of the other.

[OakLeaf]

+1 on state of mind.

I finally felt like a runner after I finished my first 5K at the end of January. My time was nothing special, it was just the fact that I'd focused my training, done specific work to reach a specific goal, and accomplished it.

Now that I'm just doing occasional maintenance miles and focusing more on cycling, I have a hard time claiming to be "running." "Jogging" is such a derogatory term, I don't voluntarily use it of myself, but I don't feel I have a right to claim "running" at the moment, either.

[KSH]

I'm really not sure. I personally don't care.

I just get out there and do my thang.

On my longer running sessions (anything over 6 miles), I do a 5 minute walk/2 minute run combo... and I call that a run session. It's running for me!

[Grog]

There's a guy called the Penguin that writes for Runners' World. He likes to say that he waddles around. To him (and I agree) being a runner is a state of mind:
http://www.runnersworld.com/article/...2126-0,00.html

In short, being a runner means taking this more than casually. You don't just go out there and flaunt your cute running clothes on the boardwalk. You're actually doing it with a purpose. I think that about summarizes it.

[DDH]

Okay, good then, I call it running. I certainly am not trying to show anything off that is cute. LOL

I have a purpose and that is to train to at least attempt to do more than a slow walk and anything above that to me is a run.

Thanks girls, once again!!!