In a follow-up to a previous story, Michal reports that neither he nor Simon (the Eco Joggler) were able to break the world record of 16:55 for a joggling 5K. They made their attempt on Friday, August 29, 2008 at the University of Toronto’s Varsity Centre.
Simon won the race with a time of 17:04. [...]
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When you joggle as often as me, you are always looking for new ideas on what to do right after you’re done with a training run or a race to keep your legs feeling fresh & injury free. Heck, it would be nice just to prevent soreness. Here is a good routine suggested [...]
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LEXINGTON: The 61st annual International Juggling Association (IJA) Festival Championships were held in Lexington, Kentucky from July 15 – 18. Formal competitions crowned the world’s best jugglers in three divisions: stage performance, numbers juggling, and joggling (running while juggling). The championships were held as part of the week long festival that brought [...]
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To get a sense of what a joggling competition looks like, you have to see these excellent joggling pictures taken by Emory Kimbrough. The attached photo is a decent one of me. The other one is just silly.
You can see pictures of other jogglers featured here in our joggler interview series. [...]
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While on my East Coast trip, I was at a relative’s house and they happened to have a pool. The nice thing is that it was shallow enough to walk through. Then, I thought it would make an excellent obstacle for joggling banzuke. Here is a video of a successful joggle through water.
Some day [...]
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My pal John Kelly tipped me off to this useful marathon map. It’s a picture of the 50 states and some of Canada with locations and dates of all the marathons. So, if you’re looking for a race that is in a desirable location at the right time of year, you’ll know where [...]
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Not that you needed any more convincing that joggling was good for you, but here’s a study that does just that. According to research published in the Archives of Internal Medicine running (and joggling) had significant, long-lasting benefits.
In the exercise study, researchers followed 2 groups, one composed of self-described runners and another of self-described [...]
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My internet access has been a bit limited these days but not so limited that this story was missed. Here is a report out of Dallas that says a new juggling record has been set. David Slick juggled three tennis balls for 12 hours, 12 minutes and 12 seconds.
While this is [...]
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We recently met Gus Tate at this year’s (2008) IJA Joggling Championships. He ran a number of races andperformed quite well for a rookie joggler. He is 22 years old and is currently working for a hospital, helping to organize their 5K. In September he’ll be teaching English in Guangzhou, China [...]
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The Chicago Marathon is a mere 67 days away (or about 10 weeks) and I’ve decided to change things up a bit. This time, I really want to set a marathon joggling PR. If you are dissatisfied with your racing results you might consider the following steps that I’m going to follow.
Steps to improve your [...]
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