Posted on May 31st, 2007 by Average Joggler
I just got confirmation, I am officially signed up for this fall’s Chicago Marathon. It will mark the 10th time I’ve run this race and the 8th time joggling the whole way.
This time I will be running for a charity called Global Business Assist. I’ll do a separate post on this shortly but [...]
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Posted on May 30th, 2007 by Average Joggler
Yesterday, I did my 700th joggling mile this year. That pencils out to about 4.7 miles a day and puts me on target for 1715 miles at year’s end. The target is 1800 miles so I have to step it up a bit.
All this running is great news for the juggling and running [...]
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Posted on May 29th, 2007 by Average Joggler
You would think that running and juggling everyday would lead to some great health benefits. And it’s true as we’ve previously discussed benefits of running on your weight. Of course, this assumes that you don’t do it so much that you get injured.
There are other health benefits to daily joggling. Here is a list [...]
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Posted on May 29th, 2007 by Average Joggler
Hey joggling enthusiasts, head on over to Michal’s site and check out the 16 minute video about his recent marathon joggling duel with Zach. The story is pretty well done. Congrats Michal! You’ve really helped put joggling on the map.
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Posted on May 26th, 2007 by Average Joggler
Here’s an amusing video series about a small town wimp who transforms himself into a hero by winning an around the world joggling competition. While it gets a bit long, it is still pretty amusing. There are 5 different segments (part 4 is my favorite). They even have some special effects. [...]
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Posted on May 25th, 2007 by Average Joggler
There’s not much new, but this story about the benefits of juggling is interesting. Not because they discuss all the juggling pluses we previously covered, such as increasing brain size, improving coordination, etc. No, this is interesting because it makes the news at all. I get Internet juggling alerts everyday and [...]
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Posted on May 24th, 2007 by Average Joggler
It’s list time. How many of these exercise myths do you believe?
Exercise Myths
1. Sit-ups will help you lost fat around your stomach.
You lose body fat all over your body, not just in one spot. Doing only sit-ups will give you strong muscles under layers of fat.
2. Out of shape [...]
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Posted on May 23rd, 2007 by Average Joggler
Just got my blood pressure taken the other day. Here was the result…
Blood Pressure:Â 117 / 72
Resting pulse : 58
It looks like 4.6 miles of running and juggling each day has some positive benefits on heart rate and blood pressure anyway. According to the information given at our health fair blood pressure values [...]
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Posted on May 22nd, 2007 by Average Joggler
Here is a perfect example of why I don’t put much stock in what experts have to say about health.
It is my goal to live until at least 107, hopefully still joggling marathons. I figure by the time I hit 85, I’ll actually be competitive in my age group. Maybe then I’ll be able to [...]
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Posted on May 21st, 2007 by Average Joggler
In a previous post we talked about how to stretch smart. In it I revealed that I wasn’t a big proponent of stretching. Consider that I’ve been a running juggler since 1996 and have done little to no stretching. In that time I’ve had almost no downtime due to injury. Living [...]
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