I don't jog, we don't jog...

Guess what? I had my first jogging session last night with ML.

It’s my first time to do hardcore jogging. Coz I don’t usually jog. ML had been doing it religiously for a while now since winter season had started. I long been wanting to jog with him. But how am I going to do that. I got no running shoes. It’s strange coz I had quite a lot of shoes except for running shoes.

Some of my shoes I don’t consider them as running shoes.

Then Nike Sport Center at faisaliah mall went on sale so I took the chance to buy one for me, by half the price. Actually two pairs. Isn’t it a perfect opp. for me? At least I still have one incase the other pair goes busted.

We jogged for like 30-min straight with a few walks in between. It’s my first time, so how am I supposed to compete with him. I think it’s ok to do that. I mean, the walk in between thing. I just have to work it out next time.

With a few more jogging session with ML then I’d be fine. I’ll be able to keep up with him.

Wowwww, it amazing how it keeps my blood pumpin’. I was perspiring all over.

Btw, I had a few questions in mind. Are there any rules in jogging? Is there a proper breathing technique? What outfit to wear? Just a few questions, though!

Wikipedia.com answers some of them;

Jogging is a form of trotting or running at a slow or leisurely pace. The main intention is to increase fitness with less stress than actually running, instead of competition.

DEFINITION

The definition of jogging as compared with running is not standard. Dr. George Sheehan, a running expert, is quoted to have said "the difference between a jogger and a runner is an entry blank".^[1] Others are usually more specific, defining jogging as running slower than 6mph (10 minute per mile pace, 10 km/h, 6 min/km).^[2]

History

The term to jog/jogging as a form of exercise originated in England in the mid seventeenth century. This usage became common throughout the empire and in his 1884 novel 'My Run Home' the Australian author Rolf Boldrewood wrote 'your bedroom curtains were still drawn as I passed on my morning jog'.

In the United States jogging was also called "roadwork" when athletes in training such as boxers, customarily ran several miles each day as part of their conditioning. In New Zealand during the 1960s or 1970s the word "roadwork" was mostly supplanted by the word "jogging", promoted by the coach Arthur Lydiard, and this form of running became quite popular among many people at that time. University of Oregon track coach Bill Bowerman, after jogging with Lydiard in New Zealand, brought the concept of jogging as exercise to the United States in 1962. Bowerman published the book Jogging in 1966, and later updated the book for a 1967 republication. Bowerman established jogging programs for men and women of all ages. The popularity of these programs helped to spread the concept of jogging as an exercise for everyone throughout the United States.^[3]

Exercise

Jogging is a "high-impact" exercise that places strain on the body, notably the joints of the knee. As a result, some people choose to take up "lower-impact" exercises such as stair climbing, swimming, cycling or walking instead of jogging.

Jogging is often used by serious runners as a means of active recovery during interval training. The runner who may just have completed a fast 400 metre repetition at a sub-5-minute mile pace, may drop to an 8-minute mile pace for a recovery lap.

Like other types of aerobic exercise, jogging is an excellent means of improving cardiovascular health, bone density and physical fitness.

I’m not officially a jogger yet, but I’ll be soon.

Today is the day people, today is the day when dark, twisty & lousy bobot disappears forever, and Bright and Shiny bobot takes his place.

Watch out!!