Family Trainer: Jogging Race is a single-player sports game in which players use the Family Trainer (Power Pad) accessory to simulate jogging through various locations. In this game, players jog through a virtual Tokyo, with the background scrolling to match real-world distances, and occasionally featuring other joggers to enhance realism. It stands out with its focus on exercise and fitness, utilizing the Famicom's peripheral to promote physical activity, and includes a second mode called Marathon where players compete against CPU runners in a long-distance race.