• 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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    To contact me, send an email to thejoggler@gmail.com (attention: Perry Romanowski)

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Average Joggler in Time Out Chicago

With the Chicago Marathon coming up soon, the local media seeks stories about unique marathon runners. This week Time Out Chicago was kind enough to include a picture of this average joggler in an article. You can see it here. See if you can match the times to the different runners. [...]

Soggy Chicago Half Marathon Joggling Report

While perusing the running blog RSS feeds, this race report by Audry about the Banco Popular Chicago Half Marathon reminded me that I still hadn’t finished mine. Here it is.
One word…WET.
To the Starting Line
A rain came to Chicago that literally stayed for 2 days. It hadn’t rained that much in over 100 years. [...]

FIRST Marathon Training Assessment

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 [...]

How to Find A Marathon Near You

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 [...]

Joggling London Marathon Race Report - Part 3

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 [...]

London Marathon Joggling Report - Part 2

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. [...]

London Marathon Joggling Race Report - Part 1

At long last, the race write-up for the London Marathon. It seems I had a lot to say about this race. I’ll have to break it up into 3 different parts.
Joggling the London Marathon
As Fred Flintstone passed, the tinitus buzzed in my ear. It was like he hit me with a club [...]

London Marathon Photo

I’m still in the process of writing up the London Marathon joggling report but I thought I’d post this picture.  It comes from a spectator of the marathon.  (Thanks Andy!)
Did I tell you how impressed I was with the crowd in the London Marathon?  They were really the best crowd of any marathon I’ve ever [...]

London Marathon - Wet and Drop Free

Not much time to write but I just wanted to let everyone know that I finished the London Marathon in a decent 3:35:36.
I’ll have a more thorough write-up tomorrow but three highlights
It rained from mile 10 through mile 18. That made joggling much more challenging as my ultra leather Gballz got pretty drenched. [...]

What Kind of Marathon Traveler Are You?

Apparently, I’m the kind that starts packing at 8:30 pm the night before leaving.  I’ve got a 9 am flight.
No matter, there’s always time for blogging.  There’s also always time for joggling.  I did one of my last ones before the London Marathon today.  3 miles, 23 minutes.  Just a bit slower than marathon pace.
Here’s [...]