Jogging Buddies - Programme

Jogging Buddies has three main activity levels to meet different people's needs:

Beginners - walk-jog

Intermediate - jog

Advanced - jog-run

Each of these has two ten week blocks. Depending on how your fitness levels improves from one block to another, repeat blocks or adapt a block slightly with the help and support of your jog leader. This ensures that you can take part at your own pace.

Jog leaders will ensure that you have someone of a similar level to jog with in your group.

With Jogging Buddies you are definitely not alone.

Beginners - level one

For complete jog beginners or people who have been fairly inactive for a while.

Duration target - jog continuously for 10 minutes
Fun run target - 1km

Beginners - level two

For people who can jog continuously for 10 minutes or 1km.

Duration target - jog continuously for 20 minutes
Fun run target - 3km

Intermediate level - phase one

For people who can jog continuously for 20 minutes or 3km.

Duration target - jog continuously for 30 minutes
Fun run target - 5km

* we recommend you either do two Jogging Buddies jogs a week or one Jogging Buddies, plus an additional 15 - 20 minute jog extra per week.

Intermediate level - phase two

For people who can jog continuously for 30 minutes or 5km.

Duration target - jog continuously for 60 minutes
Fun run target - 10km

* we recommend you either do two Jogging Buddies jogs, plus one 20 - 30 minute jog or if only one Jogging Buddies, then two 20 - 30 minute jogs extra per week.

Advanced level - phase one

For people who can jog continuously for 1 hour or 10km.

Duration target - jog continuously for 1.5 hours
Target - 10 mile / 15km

* we recommend you either do two Jogging Buddies jogs, plus one 30 - 40 minute jog extra or if only one Jogging Buddies, then do one 30 minute and one 40 minute jogs extra per week.

Advanced level - phase two

For people who can jog continuously for 1.5 hours or 10 miles / 15km.

Duration target - jog continuously for 2 hours
Fun run target - Half Marathon

* we recommend you either do two Jogging Buddies jogs, plus one 30 - 40 minute jog extra or if only one Jogging Buddies, then do one 30 minute and one 50 minute jogs extra per week.