5 km to 10 km Running Programme – Build Endurance with Confidence
This structured 8-week training programme is designed for runners who can comfortably complete a 5 km run and want a clear, realistic pathway to achieving a continuous 10 km. It removes guesswork and replaces it with a progressive, evidence-based approach to building endurance safely.
The plan includes three purposeful sessions per week, balancing easy running, controlled steady efforts, and a gradually extending long run. Most training is completed at an easy, conversational pace, ensuring aerobic fitness improves while minimising injury risk and excessive fatigue.
Distance and workload increase gradually, with planned consolidation to help your body adapt and maintain consistency. Sessions are easy to follow, adaptable to road, treadmill, track, or trail, and guided by simple perceived effort cues rather than complex pacing or heart-rate targets.
By the end of the programme, you will be prepared to complete a continuous 10 km run at a sustainable pace, with a strong endurance base to support future goals such as improving your 10 km time, progressing to longer distances, or entering your first race.
This plan is ideal if you want:
A structured step beyond 5 km
A safe and achievable route to 10 km
Consistent progress without overtraining.
You will benefit from email contact with your coach.
Hundreds of runners have already succeeded with Jim's Gym Running Programs.
Want to go above 10km? Look at our other programs.
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I’m a husband and father to two young children.
I understand the challenge of balancing training with everyday life and believe every athlete has individual needs.
I coach each person accordingly, never using a one-size-fits-all approach. I thrive on helping athletes reach their goals in endurance and ultra-endurance events, specialising in running, multi-day events, and rehabilitation, while building confidence, resilience, and long-term performance, whether weight loss or the finish line.