Here’s Lazy Girl’s thought on the matter.
The difference between jogging and running is all about the amount of effort you put in. So on Saturday I went for a 4.5 mile run at a 10 minute per mile pace. This meant I was going at a pace which didn’t leave me very out of breath and I had a very comfortable run. If you want to call it a jog, that’s fine by me.
To another person, and to me six months ago, doing 4.5 miles at 10 minute mile pace would have taken a great deal of effort and would very much have been running.
Last night, however, I ran for 2.5 miles as fast as my lazy little legs would carry me and, to my astonishment, managed a 8.30 minute mile pace. Now while this may be a jogging pace for, say, Paula Radcliffe – I was very much running.