# Jogging anti-clockwise **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 10, 2000, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jogging-anti-clockwise/36343 "2000-10-10T01:15:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jogging-anti-clockwise/36343/21 "2000-10-10T14:31:26Z")
Yes, I am and it **is** a beautiful afternoon - having said that, the sun’s just this minute disappeared. Fancy that ! If memory serves, Jerusalem is one of the least jogger friendy towns I’ve ever visited. Fairly heroic to even consider the idea - in any direction. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jogging-anti-clockwise/36343/22 "2000-10-10T14:43:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by scr4 \* > \*\*Here’s my theory: since we write in the left-to-right direction, we think of that direction as forward. When you come up to a path or track and have no reason to pick one direction over the other, you are more likely to turn right. > > Or maybe it’s the Coriolis force. \*\* Um, that would mean that we run in a clockwise fashion. But we don’t. We turn left. Counterclockwise. ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jogging-anti-clockwise/36343/23 "2000-10-10T14:56:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Five \* > \*\* > Why would a hash trail, which typically goes from point A to point B, be characterizable as “clockwise” or “anticlockwise?” Do you mean you lay circle jerks anticlockwise? \*\* Your trails might typically be **A** to **B** , Ours aren’t. We usually run from someone’s home or from a bar and return to the same place. Remember Rule No 1: **There are no rules!** ---
**Author:** ![TheThill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheThill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheThill)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jogging-anti-clockwise/36343/24 "2000-10-10T14:56:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by London\_Calling \* > \*\*Yes, I am and it **is** a beautiful afternoon - having said that, the sun’s just this minute disappeared. Fancy that ! > > If memory serves, Jerusalem is one of the least jogger friendy towns I’ve ever visited. Fairly heroic to even consider the idea - in any direction. \*\* Still sunny here (Chelmsford). And yes, Jerusalem was quite a challenge. I went a few times, seeking out less harrowing routes, but with no great success. I saw a few judgement-impaired running through heavy traffic though, didn’t choose to join them, however. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jogging-anti-clockwise/36343/25 "2000-10-10T15:19:18Z")
I would say conventionally when you say something is moving clockwise you would say it is moving to the right. This is just a convention that you look at a clock from the “top” (outside) and you look at the hands when they are at 12 o’clock. If I want to describe a rink or dancefloor, I would use the same convention. I owuld imagine I am hovering above (not looking from the center of the Earth). I think it is safe to say clockwise = to the right in most people’s minds. ---
**Author:** ![brad\_d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@brad\_d](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brad_d)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jogging-anti-clockwise/36343/26 "2000-10-10T18:10:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Connor \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by scr4 \* > > \*\*When you come up to a path or track and have no reason to pick one direction over the other, you are more likely to turn right. > > \*\* > > Um, that would mean that we run in a clockwise fashion. But we don’t. We turn left. Counterclockwise. \*\* Running (jogging?) to **scr4** ’s defense, and risking putting words in his mouth, I’ll say that I think he’s making sense. When you walk up to a jogging loop from the outside, you must turn to the right in order to begin travelling counterclockwise. I think _that’s_ the right turn to which he’s referring. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jogging-anti-clockwise/36343/27 "2000-10-10T18:23:15Z")
**Floater** : > [@](#): > > Your trails might typically be **A** to **B** , Ours aren’t. We usually run from someone’s home or from a bar and return to the same place. Oh, now **Floater** , that just won’t do. Half the excitement of hashing comes from not knowing where you’ll end up! You should convince your local group to give A to B a try sometime. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jogging-anti-clockwise/36343.md?page=1)