This is just amazing. Ride the Lobster is a unicycle race in Nova Scotia Canada that was done in 5 stages covering 800km (or just about 500 miles). The winners finished in 36:17:47 which pencils out to a pace of about 4:20 per mile pace. That’s crazy!!
How many bike riders out there [...]
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We first heard of David Livingston when he contacted us about his attempt to joggle for 18 hours. The story generated a lot of interest and today we get a chance to ask him about his joggling life.
JYAJ - Tell us a little about yourself
My name is David Livingston, I’m 43 years old and [...]
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Looks like last year’s joggling winners will be trying to take home more gold this year at the 2008 World Joggling Championships. According to this Mandarin Sun report about joggling, Len and David Ferman have been training hard for this year’s events.
Last year, David won three gold medals including the 100-meter 5 ball joggling [...]
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While most people who run or watch running enjoy seeing “stunt” runners like jogglers, there is a certain segment of the population that loathes us. They think running should be a pure sport and have disdain for people who dress up in stupid outfits, run obscenely long distances, juggle or are just different than [...]
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Last Wednesday, I had the privilege of being recorded for a piece on the television show 190 North. It’s a Chicago show that does stories about unique places, things and people around the city and suburbs.
I met the reporter and TV crew at North Avenue beach and we spent about an hour filming various shots [...]
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What are you doing this July?
Well, if you have an interest in joggling than the place to be is Lexington, Kentucky for the International Jugglers Association (IJA) Joggling Races. Jogglers from around the world will be competing in the 28th annual event.
Last year, David Ferman dominated winning gold in three events. [...]
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We first learned of Timothy Perram from the joggler forum run by the IJA. This is a place where lots of jogglers talk about some of their latest races. We asked him to tell his story here on JYAJ and he happily obliged. Tim is a 26 year old joggler living in [...]
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We’re coming up on summer in Chicago and that means great outdoor joggling. But it also means you’re going to get sunburned if you don’t take precautions like using sunscreen. Runners need it more than most because we are outside longer, we sweat it off, and we have more exposed skin.
If you’re like me, you [...]
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This is continued from London marathon part 1 and part 2
Despite the rain, I felt great. I wasn’t sure about my pace at the start and didn’t know what kind of time I might achieve. At mile 2 the race clock showed 14 minutes and some change. At 3 miles, it was [...]
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See London Marathon Part 1 for the beginning of the story
At marathon mile 23 your body begins to tingle and concentration is difficult. Forget about smiling for pictures.
“Why don’t you just stop?”
“No. No stopping”
“Come on. It’ll stop hurting.”
“No. It’ll hurt worse.”
“Really, just take a short walk through the next water stop. [...]
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