Courier runners to beat congestion during Olympics

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Courier firm hires delivery runners to beat congestion during London Olympics

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DHL is enlisting London-based JogPost's team of foot couriers to make sure packages get to their recipients

An international delivery service is turning to a team of runners to beat the London Olympics crush.

With close to five million visitors expected for the July 27 to August 12 games - along with stringent security measures and special Olympic lanes reserved for athletes and employees - getting around is expected to be a challenge.

So German express delivery service DHL is enlisting London-based JogPost's team of foot couriers to help make sure packages get to their recipients on time.


JogPost co-founder JJ Harding described his 400-odd roster of largely part-time runners as 'congestion-busters'.

He said: 'During Olympic chaos and gridlock, we'll still be able to get crucial documents to business.'

The capital's transport infrastructure has been identified as one of the biggest risks to the games' smooth running.

DHL said in a statement announcing the deal yesterday that traffic was expected to increase along London's core routes by 30 per cent.

Mr Harding said that his uniformed runners, whose speed varies between 3mph and 8mph, would have an edge over the capital's ubiquitous bicycle couriers.
He said: 'We're able to do long-distance delivery much faster with public transport. Bikes can't go on trains.'

Some routes, like London's Rotherhithe tunnel, are inaccessible to cyclists.

Mr Harding described his joggers as mainly contract workers - anything from students to semi-professional soccer players - and suggested that they would leave feats of endurance to the Olympians.

'They generally run somewhere between five or six miles a day,' he said of his crew. 'Obviously we don't want them running half marathons every day.'

[TrueBlueTerrier]

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http://www.leafletdistribution.co.uk/jogpost-london" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; website for company

[Lounge Lizard]

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http://www.leafletdistribution.co.uk/jogpost-london" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; website for company

"JogPost London, the Social Enterprise Revolutionising the Leaflet distribution Industry based in London is the only organisation which cares for the environment as well as maintains standard working and professional procedures in leaflet distribution. We at JogPost London operate on a unique leafleting process which includes Joggers who are our healthy staff and who jogs all over London to post leaflets or flyers and this way how we got our name “JogPost”"
- there's a few runners at our office that could get a job with them but how long will their knees etc. last out for ?

[DGP1]

Mr Harding said that his uniformed runners, whose speed varies between 3mph and 8mph

I walk at over 4mph but then I can maintain that for 4+ hours

[Straight4ward]

What a great idea!

A bloke running down a busy London street, during the Olympics, gingerly holding a box in front of him.

I wonder who'll take him out, police marksman or army sniper?

[Lounge Lizard]

Mr Harding said that his uniformed runners, whose speed varies between 3mph and 8mph

I walk at over 4mph but then I can maintain that for 4+ hours

The worry now is that Royal Mail planners will use Mr Harding as a consulant in determining the pace that we should all be working at after any revisions.

[DGP1]

Mr Harding said that his uniformed runners, whose speed varies between 3mph and 8mph

I walk at over 4mph but then I can maintain that for 4+ hours

The worry now is that Royal Mail planners will use Mr Harding as a consulant in determining the pace that we should all be working at after any revisions.

Provided they supply us with proper running shoes and proper running gear and we don't get to carry anything more than a single envelope then it'll be ok

[Lounge Lizard]

Mr Harding said that his uniformed runners, whose speed varies between 3mph and 8mph

I walk at over 4mph but then I can maintain that for 4+ hours

The worry now is that Royal Mail planners will use Mr Harding as a consulant in determining the pace that we should all be working at after any revisions.

Provided they supply us with proper running shoes and proper running gear and we don't get to carry anything more than a single envelope then it'll be ok

Are you younger than me then ?

[DGP1]

Mr Harding said that his uniformed runners, whose speed varies between 3mph and 8mph

I walk at over 4mph but then I can maintain that for 4+ hours

The worry now is that Royal Mail planners will use Mr Harding as a consulant in determining the pace that we should all be working at after any revisions.

Provided they supply us with proper running shoes and proper running gear and we don't get to carry anything more than a single envelope then it'll be ok

Are you younger than me then ?

I'm younger than dvb.............is he younger than you

[Lounge Lizard]

Mr Harding said that his uniformed runners, whose speed varies between 3mph and 8mph

I walk at over 4mph but then I can maintain that for 4+ hours

The worry now is that Royal Mail planners will use Mr Harding as a consulant in determining the pace that we should all be working at after any revisions.

Provided they supply us with proper running shoes and proper running gear and we don't get to carry anything more than a single envelope then it'll be ok

Are you younger than me then ?

I'm younger than dvb.............is he younger than you

I'm younger than Ken Bruce and Moya Greene so that makes me younger than 'dvb' doesn't it ?

[DGP1]

Mr Harding said that his uniformed runners, whose speed varies between 3mph and 8mph

I walk at over 4mph but then I can maintain that for 4+ hours

The worry now is that Royal Mail planners will use Mr Harding as a consulant in determining the pace that we should all be working at after any revisions.

Provided they supply us with proper running shoes and proper running gear and we don't get to carry anything more than a single envelope then it'll be ok

Are you younger than me then ?

I'm younger than dvb.............is he younger than you

I'm younger than Ken Bruce and Moya Greene so that makes me younger than 'dvb' doesn't it ?

Yes ..............Methuselah is younger than dvb

[MGB]

JogPost London, the Social Enterprise Revolutionising the Leaflet distribution Industry based in London is the only organisation which cares for the environment as well as maintains standard working and professional procedures in leaflet distribution. We at JogPost London operate on a unique leafleting process which includes Joggers who are our healthy staff and who jogs all over London to post leaflets or flyers and this way how we got our name “JogPost”. We are the single company which do not use vehicles for leafleting i.e. we use pedal power over petrol wherever possible, and moreover for every 1000 flyers we deliver we plant a tree. We function on complete ecofriendly formula so we always suggest our clients to make use of recycled paper for leaflet printing and we also contribute to the carbon offsetting projects all over the world.

Well look at the site banner, what's that in the background???

[POSTMAN]

We've had this mob on here before,they got a shed load of cash from dragons den to help them out.
One of their dudes is on the site somewhere.

[Lounge Lizard]

"for every 1000 flyers we deliver we plant a tree" Imagine Royal Mail planting 75,000 trees every day.