Posted on November 30th, 2008 by Average Joggler
Did you know that shrimp can run? I didn’t until I saw this video of a shrimp on a treadmill.
With all those extra legs, I’m sure it wouldn’t be too difficult to see a shrimp joggle.
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Posted on November 28th, 2008 by Average Joggler
Here is an interesting post about the benefits of juggling. It gives three rules of juggling which apply equally as well for joggling and running.
1. Don’t stop ’til you drop. Great advice, especially for the later miles of the race when you’ll want to start walking. Don’t do it!
2. Never [...]
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Posted on November 27th, 2008 by Average Joggler
Today, I joggled the annual Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot sponsored by Fleet Feet. I’ve done this race a number of times, but this one was a first. The first time I ever did a race as a “bandit”.
What’s a bandit?
A bandit is a person who lines up with everyone, runs the race, and [...]
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Posted on November 26th, 2008 by Average Joggler
It’s not joggling but it’s just the kind of thing I like…new tricks anyone can do without shelling out big money. Steve Ragatz has just started this site called Circus Arts . The content so far is great. He includes some yoga poses which will help make you more flexible and then [...]
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Posted on November 25th, 2008 by Average Joggler
When it comes to eating, you would think that runners are a pretty healthy group. But as I was sitting with some running friends at Taco Bell at 2am last weekend after a night of drinking at a bar, it occurred to me that I didn’t know a lot of healthy-eating runners.
Most in my running [...]
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Posted on November 24th, 2008 by Average Joggler
We first read about Jeff Civillico in a news article that said he was going to be joggling the upcoming Disney Marathon. This led us to the joggling video he put together. It’s cool. We asked him for an interview and he agreed. Jeff lives in Florida and is a professional [...]
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Posted on November 22nd, 2008 by Average Joggler
A little dated but pretty cool. Greg Kennedy is one of the real innovators in the juggling world.
I’m not sure if he does any joggling though.
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Posted on November 21st, 2008 by Average Joggler
Last week I participated in a running discussion on the Runner’s Lounge podcast.
You can listen to the episode by going to the Runner’s Lounge website and clicking on the mp3 file.
There were 5 seasoned marathon runners (only one juggling runner) who all weighed in on different questions like
1. What’s the one thing that no one [...]
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Posted on November 20th, 2008 by Average Joggler
An excellent running blog I follow is Run to Win. It’s owner/operator, Blaine Moore, is a professional runner.
His site provides lots of great information about training for a marathon and other distances. It’s a great resource for anyone including jogglers.
He’s got a newsletter too, so feel free to sign up. I’m signed up and can [...]
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Posted on November 18th, 2008 by Average Joggler
It seems like more and more people are picking up the sport of joggling. Here are a few recent stories from around the world.
*World record joggler Michal Kapral gets a mention in a local Toronto paper.
*Barry Goldmeier recently joggled a couple races including the Harrisburg Marathon. He’s also mentioned in an the article in Fall [...]
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