A quick guide to our Jog Group ability levels

(Absolute) Beginner - level 1

This is our introductory level group for people who’ve never really tried jogging before. Sessions would start with very gentle walk/brisk walk time targets and gradually progress over a 10 week period by decreasing the amount of time you walk, and gradually increasing the time you jog. After 10 weeks your target would be to try and jog for 10 mins

Typical sessions for our beginner level 1s would be:
Week 1 - 5 mins walk and warm up, followed by 10 x 30 sec walk/30 sec brisk walk (or slow shuffle/jog if able) and 5 mins walk and cool down
Week 5 - 5 mins walk and warm up, 2 min jog, 2 min walk, 4 min jog, 4 min walk, 2 min jog, 5 min walk and cool down
Week 10 - 5 mins walk, 10 mins continuous jog, 5 mins walk and cool down

Beginner – level 2

This level group is typically for new joggers who are now onto their 2nd block of 10 weeks or people who have done some jogging previously can manage to jog for 10 mins continuously or jog 1km.
Typical sessions for Level 2 beginners would be:
Week 1 - 5 mins walk and warm up, 5 mins jog, 3 mins walk, 5 mins jog, 5 mins walk and cool down.
Week 5 - 5 mins walk and warm up, 5 mins jog, 3 mins walk, 12 mins jog, 5 mins walk and cool down.
Week 9 - 5 mins walk and warm up, 5 mins jog, 3 mins walk, 16 mins jog, 5 mins walk and cool down.


Intermediate – level 1

These groups are aimed at people who can already jog continuously for 20 mins or for a distance of 3km. Speed is not important. We want you to jog at a pace that you’re happy and comfortable with.

Intermediate – level 2

Is for people who can jog at their own pace for 30 mins or for a distance of 5km (or 3 miles).


Advanced

Our advanced groups are really for competent joggers (but not speedsters!). Advanced joggers are those of you who can happily manage to jog for 30 mins to 1 hour and/or are aiming to be able to jog a distance of 5-10km without stopping.