What do you do after the longest run of your life?
I jumped on a trampoline for over an hour. See, the party that I was running to on Saturday was a birthday party for my 5 year old nephew. For some odd reason little kids find me amusing. Perhaps because I’m easily [...]
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I gazed at the green light at the end of my cap.”I don’t think you’re going to need that”, she says smirking then adds seriously, “Just be careful. You’re nuts.”
“I really prefer the term…eccentric.”
Of course, joggling is a bit quirky. And running for over 4 hours just for fun? Well, that might seem [...]
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Here’s one for our Jugglers in the News segment. It’s not exactly joggling but it is quirky.
Last weekend, Taco Cohen of the Netherlands won a gold medal at the Cell Phone Throwing World Championships. While he didn’t throw it the farthest (Tommi Huotari did that with a 294 foot throw), he was the [...]
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The way to train for a joggling ultra marathon is to run and juggle…a lot.
Today, I’m joggling from my house to my sister’s house. The total distance will be just about 30 miles and is the longest I’ve ever run.
I’m looking forward to it. Of course, it’s raining right now. Thankfully, there [...]
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This weekend is the Accenture Chicago Triathlon. I will not be joggling this one but my GMW Relay teammate, Brandon will be so I wanted to wish him and all the other people doing it good luck. Good luck to Wes on his triathlon this weekend too!
I actually did a triathlon back in the [...]
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Here’s a bit of research published in the August issue of Mayo Clinic Women’s HealthSource about how much water you should drink.
According to them, women who have a normal level of activity (non-jugglers) only need to drink 2.2 liters. Men probably have to drink a little more.
How Much Water
Since 2.2 liters doesn’t mean that [...]
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Last year it was Sam Thompson running 51 marathons in 51 days for the people of New Orleans. Dean Karnazes also did 50 in 50 days to inspire us to get healthy and achieve their personal best.
Well, here’s Brad Alsop a 37-year-old from Kentucky. He’s in the middle of a project to run [...]
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Here’s an article that purports to list the 8 foods you should eat everyday. They include the following on the list
Foods You Should Eat Everyday
1. Spinach
2. Yogurt
3. Tomatoes
4. Carrots
5. Blueberries
6. Black Beans
7. Walnuts
8. Oats
Of the 8 foods, I’m a huge fan of Yogurt (Yoplait Whips are [...]
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The Chicago Marathon will commence in 52 days. That’s 26.2 miles for those of you who were curious. Here are some other interesting ways to look at the marathon.
1 Marathon =
1660032 inches
42.165 kilometers
230.56 times up and down a football field
415,008 human tongues
32.94 times across the Golden Gate Bridge
1,405,497 American cockroaches laid [...]
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My sister told me about Abraham Munoz who is attempting to break the world record for juggling a soccer ball while running the Chicago Marathon. The current world record is 7:18:55 and was set by Dr. Jan Skorkovsky in the Prague City Marathon. Who knew?
To see what it looks like watch this YouTube [...]
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