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- From: dolsen@bpavms.bpa.arizona.edu (David Olsen)
- Newsgroups: rec.running
- Subject: Re: Distinctions Please
- Message-ID: <26JAN199310422027@bpavms.bpa.arizona.edu>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 17:42:00 GMT
- References: <7664@bigbird.hri.com.hri.com> <1993Jan25.235632.16902@leland.Stanford.EDU>
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- In article <1993Jan25.235632.16902@leland.Stanford.EDU>, lloyd@leland.Stanford.EDU (William Koenig Lloyd) writes...
- >In article <7664@bigbird.hri.com.hri.com> poirier@hri.com (Alice Poirier) writes:
- >>Even as a long time runner, I have never been clear as to the difference
- >>between running and jogging.
- >>
- >>Referencing a book on Nutrition, (Food and Fitness by Jan Nix and Linda Carlsen)
- >>I came accross a chart adapted from information from the American Heart
- >>Association which outlined caloric expenditure as a function of activity. The
- >>chart listed:
- >>
- >> Running (5-1/2 mph) 600 calories
- >> Jogging (5-1/2 mph) 740 calories
- >>
- >>There was no explaination as to the distinctions made between running and
- >>jogging... Anyone have some?
- >>
- >
- >Well, I don't know how they got those different figures, but in my opinion,
- >5-1/2 mph in any case IS jogging. Geez, that's 11 minute miles!
-
- There we go, imposing our standards on others. The 63 year old lady that I
- watched finish the St. George Marathon last fall was doing 11+ minute
- miles. I think she laid more on the line that day than most guys I watched
- doing their 6 minute miles. Geez, some things are relative.
-
- >
- >Bill
-