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Running's noncommittal cousin — fitness for people unwilling to commit to suffering.
means To run at a slow, steady pace, typically for exercise rather than speed.
from First appeared in the 1500s meaning 'to shake' or 'to nudge' — as in jogging someone's elbow or memory. The running sense came centuries later, likely from that same idea of a jolting, up-and-down motion, since an unhurried trot bounces the body in a way that sprinting doesn't. The exact path from 'nudge' to 'gentle run' isn't fully documented, but the jostling image ties them together.
- speed range
- 4 to 6 mph, technically faster than walking
- origin
- from 1400s word meaning to shake or jolt
- memory trigger
- jogging your memory borrows the same jolt metaphor
- olympic status
- not an event; running stole all the glory