Jason Hollandsworth was one of the better jogglers at the IJA Joggling Championships finishing second in the 100 meter 3-ball competition & third in the 400. He was also a member of my two relay teams. He agreed to answer a few of our JYAJ interview questions.
Jason is 31 and lives in the [...]
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While reading the excellent Half-Fast running blog, I noticed that Vanilla was going to try the FIRST marathon training program. This is a program in which you get to “run less often and still get faster”. It’s the 3-day a week marathon training program. Great concept.
I decided to give it a go this year to [...]
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In 15 minutes, I’ll be venturing out on my last 20-mile joggling run before the Chicago Marathon. I thought it would be interesting to do a before and after look at certain body/mind statistics.
Before running 20 miles
Weight = 190.8 lbs
Beer Belly waist = 36.5 in
Heart rate = 72 bpm
Temperature = 97.1 F
Pains: No obvious soreness.
When [...]
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I love it when people take things discovered in basic science and turn them into useful inventions.
Here is a story about two biologists from Stanford who created a “Glove” that rapidly reduces body temperature and leads to impressive athletic gains. According to the inventors, you stick your hand in The Glove (more like a [...]
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Yesterday was the birthday for the oldest man in the world. He turned a spry 113 years old. (That’s 41,273 days for the numerically inclined). If you want to live until 107 like me, it may be useful to see what tricks / tips could be learned from this guy.
Tips for living [...]
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Here’s another in our joggling skills series.
The way to get good at joggling is to reduce your frequency of dropping. If you practice juggling with your eyes closed, you’ll learn not to drop. And drop free joggling is fast joggling.
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Last weekend was the Chicago Half marathon. It’s a great race which is scheduled perfectly for the Chicago Marathon which happens one month later. If you’ve never been to a big race expo, here are a few things you can expect to see, and a couple of tips to make the experience more enjoyable.
How to [...]
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This was briefly mentioned in the recent post, Latest Happenings in the Joggling World, but you might be interested in some more details.
The story was created using a combination of emails with Terry and the attached newspaper story.
The first Ironman Joggler
Terry Heidt made joggling history when he joggled the marathon leg of the Ironman Canada. [...]
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Heather Marriott was a standout joggler at the recent IJA events, earning a medal in every race in which she participated. She has done a number of joggling events and has even done a marathon. We first learned
about her in an article in Runner’s World and met her at the joggling championships. Here’s more about [...]
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I just stumbled on this website that aggregates all the juggling tutorials found on YouTube.
There are a few hundred videos and some are really good. I just watched the video on learning 3-ball 360s. It gave me some insight into some things I’ve been doing wrong. Great stuff.
If you want to learn [...]
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