jogging elmira,ny people

hey its getting nice does anyone want to help me learn to jog? os some kind of exercise so i dont have to do it by my self.? i would like to learn to jog. how do i start to jog?. i did try to jog last summer but i would stop when cars went by me.. i am ashamed. i dont know what a jog is. maybe i was going to fast.. anyone can help me?