• 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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    To contact me, send an email to thejoggler@gmail.com (attention: Perry Romanowski)
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The official Tampa Bay marathon certificate

You know your marathon time is official when you get the certificate. The organizers of the Bank of America Tampa Bay marathon were nice enough to send a digital scan of the certificate. I like that. Too bad it doesn’t say joggling anywhere on there.

Click to make it bigger. Someday I’m [...]

Top 10 benefits of learning to juggle

As if joggling in and of itself was not a good enough reason to learn to juggle, here is an article from jugglingworld.biz that lists 8 physical benefits of juggling. I summarized their list and added a couple extra because nobody makes top 8 lists.
Benefits of juggling
1. Juggling is great aerobic [...]

One more reason marathon runners and jugglers should drink tea

Some time ago I wrote about how tea was better for you than water. I continue to drink lots of tea and believe that the extra caffeine helps make me a better runner. Actually, the main reason I drink tea is because it is a no calorie substitute for soda pop. In [...]

One year of joggling a blog

Well, today is the one year anniversary of this blog! Who knew that there would be this much to write about the sport of joggling?
Here is a list of some of the most popular articles over the last year…
1. How to handle hostility while joggling.
2. A new joggling wine discovered
3. Gift [...]

100 days of joggling (part 2) - What happens to your body during a running streak

Yesterday, you learned about what you can do to keep a joggling streak alive. Today, I’ll tell you what can expect will happen to your body and how you might deal with it.
Things to expect during a running or juggling streak
1. Expect to be sore. I wake up each morning with sore [...]

100 days of joggling (part 1) - 7 tips to keep up a running and juggling streak

Yesterday was the 100th day in a row of the joggling streak. Everyday since January 15, 2007, I’ve joggled at least 1 mile; a total of 453.55 miles. All but about 10 of those miles were done joggling.
For the total mileage breakdown you can see my chart over at coolrunning.com
So, you might be [...]

Juggler attempts to break the world 5K joggling record

It looks like this sport of joggling is really attracting some talented runners. Here’s a story about Travis Saunders who is going to attempt to break the 5K joggling record.
The current world joggling 5K record is held by Kirk Swenson who did it in 16:58 according to the International Jugglers Association.
In the story, it [...]

Another odd ball joggling sport - Juggling Tae Bo

Jason Garfield is one of the best jugglers alive right now.  He’s also pretty funny (although I doubt he’s a fan of joggling)

Check out this parody of workout videos.  But despite the fact that it is done tongue-in-cheek he has some great juggling moves.

Results from Salt Lake City Marathon Joggling Duel

While both of them impressively ran sub-3 hour marathons, it looks like neither Michal nor Zach were able to break the world joggling record. It currently stands at 2:52:15.
Here’s an article from the Salt Lake City Tribune about the latest attempt to break the world joggling record.
According to the Salt Lake City Tribune marathon [...]

Joggling on vacation

Well joggling community, the posts might be a little sparse this week and next as I am on vacation taking a 10-day Caribbean cruise.  It’s great fun so far and I’ve managed to keep the joggling streak alive (90 days).  It is particularly challenging to joggle on an unfamiliar treadmill while the boat moves side to [...]