• 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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Push up Challenge Update

At the beginning of the year the Brewmaster and I started a program where we would do push-ups equal to

the number of day of the year. So, on January 1 we did 1 push-up, February 1 we did 32 (it’s the 32nd day of the year). I kept it up for 94 days. [...]

5 Things Everyone Must Know When Joggling Fast

At the IJA Championships this year most of the races were short sprints.  In fact, only the 5K was a
“distance” run and in the scheme of distance running, this one is short.
You’ll find that speed joggling is a bit different than distance joggling.  Here are some tips that can get you faster while keeping [...]

Hat Balancing Ukulele Playing Joggler

Alright, I’m on vacation but I just felt like sharing this video I recently posted on YouTube.  You know how at the beginning of the year it was a goal of mine to balance a hat on my nose for 1 minute?  Well, I did it.  I’m able to do it for over 5 minutes [...]

Joggling Interview - Danny Tomaro Bored Runner Turned Joggler

Introduction
Danny Tomaro is a 52 year old, self-employed Wastewater Instructor from Oregon Wisconsin. He is the

founder of the Oregon Juggling Club and one of the most fierce joggling competitors at this year’s IJA Joggling competitions. He was gracious enough to answer a few of our questions.
JYAJ - What is the story of how [...]

IJA Joggling Championships 2008 Finale

This post is continued from part 1, part 2 and part 3.
Joggling Relays
The final events of the IJA Joggling races were the relays. I was on a team with some of the fastest jogglers including Lenny Ferman, Chris Essick, and Jason Hollandsworth. We were poised to win both the 4×100 and the 4×400. [...]

NASA Supports Joggling?

Brian of Upforgrabs fame took a trip to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum Annex at Dulles Airport in Virginia and ran across this picture.
Could it be that people are going to start joggling on the moon?  Or maybe, they were just talking about some piece of a rocket.  No matter.  Anything that gets [...]

Joggling Championship 2008 Races Reviewed - Part 3

Continued from part 1 and part 2
Lexington, Kentucky is famous for horse racing. War Admiral, Secretariat, Cigar were all raised and trained there. It seemed the spirit of one racing great, Black Gold, came to the IJA Joggling competitions last week.
800 meter
The 800 featured last year’s winner Lenny Ferman and about 12 other [...]

Joggling Championship 2008 Race Review - Part 2

Continued from Joggling Championship part 1
I started off outside and quickly dashed to the inside lane, immediately in first place. The pace was quick. Too quick I worried. Rubber shoes thumped loudly on the soft black track. My red shirt and hat leading a group of white-shirted jogglers resembled a giant, [...]

2008 Joggling Championship Race Recap - Part 1

The sticky yellow Gballz floated alone on a sea of synthetic grass. Put there by a momentary soccer ball distraction and the initial conditions of the Big Bang. It was the first of 4 drops I would have that day. I reached into the Kelly green field and brought the isolated bean [...]

Tips for Living to 107 and Beyond

I’m still working on my race report for the 2008 IJA Joggling Championships, but I needed a break (I’ve got to cut out some of the 2500 words I’ve already written).
Longtime readers of JYAJ know that it is my goal to live until I’m 107. Anyway, this story on 100 Habits to reach age [...]