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Jogging and Running

In the United States, jogging – a slower, more relaxed form of running — owes its popularity to the late Bill Bowerman, co-founder of sportswear and shoe company Nike. Bowerman coached Track at the University of Oregon in the 1950s and '60s. On a 1962 trip to New Zealand, he visited his friend Arthur Lydiard, a fellow coach who had popularized jogging in New Zealand.

The scores of people who turned up to go jogging with Lydiard in New Zealand amazed Bowerman, and when his vacation was over, he decided to see if the same thing could happen back in Eugene, Oregon. It did.

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