Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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Jogging speed

HockeySprinter
HockeySprinter
Posts: 15
Joined: 2006/05/31
Canada
2007/05/04, 03:35 PM
I just went for my first jog since i was in public school (im 16). I've been riding the stationary bike for a month or 2 and i play hockey so I'm still pretty in shape from that. However.

I calculated how long i ran using Google Earth, although my area is hard to see where i ran, and it was 1.72km in 8-10 minutes, which was about 12km/h or 8mph.

1.7 km doesn't seem to long for a job, and im kindof ashamed because i was cramping up and thats why i stopped at 1.7km. Anyways, is 8mph a fast pace, am i out of shape, or both.
blaind6
blaind6
Posts: 63
Joined: 2007/03/27
United States
2007/05/04, 05:10 PM
for me, on the treadmill 8 mph is freaking fast. I would call that all out running, not jogging. Thats just me though, and the treadmill.
msmogreen
msmogreen
Posts: 717
Joined: 2006/04/22
United States
2007/05/04, 05:16 PM
I agree! I do my one minute HIIT intervals at 6.7 and that is about my limit.