• The Average Joggler

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    My name is Perry Romanowski. This blog is about long distance running, juggling and the sport of combining both called joggling. It was created to be a useful resource for anyone interested in learning to become a better runner, better juggler, and even a joggler.
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Marathon Review - Chicago Marathon

I thought it might be cool to do a marathon review so you have some useful information when deciding whether to do a marathon or not. Since Chicago is the freshest in my mind, I provide it here first. I’ll go back and do one for Toronto, Madison and maybe even New York.
The [...]

Things to expect on your first post-marathon run

Yesterday, I went on my first run after the marathon. It was a joggling run of just over 3 and a half miles. Here’s the running path I took. Typically, I like to get the first run in the Wednesday following the marathon, but this time I tried something different.
When you finish [...]

Juggling in the Chicago Tribune

I haven’t seen the newspaper but our local paper (The Chicago Tribune) did a story on a variety of runners that completed last weekend’s Chicago Marathon. Apparently, yours truly got a small paragraph mention in the Tempo section.
I looked online and found the article. They also had some pictures of the finishers and [...]

Post marathon post

So, you already know my time and generally how I felt about it. I was especially proud of my first half, 1:35. This is the fastest half marathon I’ve ever run. Unfortunately, the weather, tired legs, and fate conspired to slow me down in the second half. That last 10K [...]

Quick post marathon update

Well, it looks like my official time was something link 3:24:46.  While not my fastest marathon of all time, it is my second fastest and considering I just ran one a month ago, I’m happy with my performance.  I really love doing the marathon.  And the Chicago marathon is the best.  While joggling yesterday I [...]

Chicago marathon morning

4:56 Wake up and look at clock. Not yet.
4:58 Decide to stay in bed until 5:15. It’s a palindrome
5:07 Not yet
5:15 Get out of bed. Get clothes.
5:16 Start shower. Water’s cold. Start water for tea
5:21 Take shower. First time before a marathon. Wonder if it’s bad
5:30 Out of [...]

Joggling on the radio

Hey, I just got off the line with Nick Digilio on WGN radio AM720 in Chicago. I’ve never been on the radio before and it was a blast. It’s really got me pumped up to joggle this marathon tomorrow. I just finished my updating the songs on my iPod and laying out [...]

Last minute Chicago Marathon information

The official confirmation ticket came in the mail and my number for this race is 8656.
If you would like to track the progress of anyone running the Chicago Marathon you can go to this runner update page and sign up.  These things are pretty cool as they use information on the runner’s chip to [...]

Joggling in the news

Why look at this, a little press coverage for Just Your Average Joggler.
Check out this magazine article on joggling in Time Out Chicago.
This is a great lead in to this weekend’s marathon.  Thanks so much to Susan Muskovitz for her story and the good folks at Time Out Chicago magazine for running it.
My joggling has [...]

Avoid these 14 common marathon mistakes

The Chicago Marathon is this weekend and I’m looking forward to it. It’s a great race. Since there isn’t as much running required this week I’ve had more time to check the running blogs and other sources for last minute advice. Here is an interesting article from Active.com about the eleven major [...]