Posted on December 28th, 2007 by Average Joggler
Imagine the scene…
You’re finally home.
The weather is cold and dark.
You’ve just returned home after two fun-filled days of eating, drinking and game playing at your relative’s house.
You also played 18 holes of golf on a sloppy course.
You’re beat.
Nothing would feel better than kicking off your shoes, laying down on your leather couch and mentally absorbing [...]
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Posted on December 27th, 2007 by Average Joggler
Vanilla had a post on the Half-fast blog about skipping his last race, thereby ending his running season. It made me curious as to when other people think their running seasons are over. Years ago, before I became a streaking joggler, my running season would end after the Chicago marathon in October. [...]
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Posted on December 24th, 2007 by Average Joggler
The last few days in Chicago have been some of the coldest joggling days of the year. Yesterday, it was 18 F and today it’s a much warmer 27 F.
Here’s what I looked like before going out on both of these days. Two sets of gloves, a wool headband, a knit hat, under [...]
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Posted on December 23rd, 2007 by Average Joggler
Brad Alsop was born in 1970 and raised in Louisville Kentucky. He lives in his hometown of Fern Creek and works as a grounds keeper. This gives him plenty of time outdoors and provides flexible hours to accommodate his running schedule. We first learned of Brad from his recent incredible feat of [...]
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Posted on December 22nd, 2007 by Average Joggler
A friend of mine told me that today was National Haiku Day. So, in honor of such I present a joggling haiku.
Two balls in your hands
One floats in front of your face
Joggling is catching
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Posted on December 21st, 2007 by Average Joggler
It’s official.
My pal John Kelly and I are IN for the London Marathon. We just got the news yesterday.
The race is only 3 months and 21 days away. Time to put together another joggling training program.
It will be my goal to set a PR in this race and qualify for the Boston Marathon (3:15). My [...]
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Posted on December 21st, 2007 by Average Joggler
One of the greatest things about joggling or running is the crazy ideas you come up with while doing it. This is one of the primary arguments for doing your workouts without headphones. It’s just harder to think.
Despite my constant headphone use, I still have wacky ideas while running. Yesterday, it was [...]
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Posted on December 19th, 2007 by Average Joggler
Here is an article outlining research that concludes you learn better at nighttime. Researchers used a magnetic coil to stimulate subject’s brains and measured their ability to control their hand movements. They found that the time of day effected the brain’s speed and concluded that people learn better later in the day. [...]
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Posted on December 18th, 2007 by Average Joggler
As a streaking joggler, you take many showers. It’s a reality of the sport. You run or joggle, you sweat. You sweat, you smell. And in my world, offensive odor is not endearing.
There have been days when my joggling activities have required me to take 3 showers, morning, noon, and night. [...]
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Posted on December 17th, 2007 by Average Joggler
Lenny Ferman submitted this joggling article. It was originally published in the Jacksonville Track Club newsletter and reprinted here with permission.
Last month I introduced the club to the sport of joggling, which is running while juggling 3 balls. This month I’m going to explain how you can become a joggler and enjoy the [...]
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