George Sheehan's line, "the difference between a jogger and a runner is an entry blank," may have more truth in it ; otherwise jogging may cover anything from an old fashioned boxer's "road work" to a recovery run to a social run with the intent on staying in a group to the recovery stretch between reps.....Sadly it often describes someone's running slower than the speaker does. In the ad's defense, no one jogs away from immediate danger, to catch a child running into traffic, or to win much of anything..........

Ive considered myself a jogger, because I think people that run are ones that can run in the 6.30 minute mile or faster.

dennis 

I like the definition of making it (part of) your lifestyle.  Speed per se doesn't play a part in it, to my mind.  Toby finished his 100 miler at about a 14:45 pace.  Are you going to tell him he's not a runner?  Like Jimmy said, joggers might go out today, then not again for a couple weeks.  It's very casual, not a part of their lifestyle.

I used to go for a "jog" when I was first starting out.. maybe do 2 miles twice a week, just for fun. Now I plan my life around running, go out for hours at a time and even if I do the "marathon shuffle" its still a run in my eyes... you can look at someones legs and tell if they are a jogger or runner...

People would think there staring at Chickens if they were looking at mine

WE ARE NOT JOGGERS!

Run like an animal.

I think this is essentially a semantic difference that has been used to support a marketing campaign.  I don't care what you call yourself as long as you put on running shoes and get OUT there.  Whether it's a 16 m/m pace or a 5 m/m pace.  Get out there and call yourself an astronaut for all I care.

To me PI is just saying, "Our stuff justifies the higher price because we support real runners" when, in fact, many people can run in $30 sneakers and be just fine.  Optimal?  Who knows.  When I was in high school I NEVER had new shoes or even good shoes. . . but I was a pretty good runner.

I'm a runner who jogs occasionally.  I walk occasionally too.  Neither makes me less of a runner.

To infinity and beyond. . .