• 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. [...]

Joggling in Runners World

If you didn’t get a chance to see it, here is a scan of the article about joggling in this month’s Runner’s World.  (Click the picture to see the full sized article).  They wrote up a nice summary announcing next week’s World Joggling Championships and featured 3 jogglers, David Ferman, Heather Marriott, and this Average [...]

How to Make a Joggler Blush

Yesterday, I had a few emails in my inbox at work with a link to the following story…
Not Your Average Joggler
I have to admit, the story made me blush. I took ribbing from co-workers all day, especially considering the opening line.
You may not know it standing next to Perry Romanowski. But you’re standing next [...]

Marathon Advice for jogglers and running newbies

Remember last week when the Sun-Times was looking for advice from marathon running veterans?  Here is a list of the top ten tips for marathon newbies that I put together.
Well, some of those marathon answers made it into the Sun-Times.  Thanks to John Kelly for tipping me off to the story.
So, if you need more [...]

Average Joggler In the News

Hey everyone, take a look at who is the featured runner today in the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon 30 in 30 series? For the 30 days prior to the Chicago Marathon they are featuring all types of different runners. Today, the focus was on the Average Joggler.
Head on over there and check it [...]

13 Year Old David Ferman Dominates World Joggling Championships

You read the results from the recent IJA Joggling Championships, now here’s a report from someone who was actually there, Len Ferman.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, July 17th, 2007 –
Running and juggling at the same time, 13 year old David Ferman dominated the sprinting events at the International Juggling Association Joggling Championships today at the Hanes Park [...]

Joggling does not require a red nose

Here’s an example of why it’s unfortunate juggling is associated with clowns.  This  is a print media ad put together by the Y&R Agency for readers in Australia and New Zealand.

The picture is amusing enough but jogglers are not clowns. Neither are jugglers for that matter. Joggling IS a sport.  No red [...]

Joggling interview on the Final Sprint

Hey everyone, head on over to The Final Sprint and download their latest podcast interview. The subject is endurance joggling and they talked with yours truly. You don’t actually need an iPod to listen. You can just download the mp3 file and play it through your computer speakers. (That’s for my [...]

Joggler Press

Chicago Tribune - Thursday, October 26, 2006
This was an interview they did right at the end of the race. It’s not my best picture but it was fun to see in the paper. I especially liked that they have me juggling and 2 of the balls are in the air. (Click on [...]

After race interview

Ya know it occurred to me that the interview in the local paper might not last forever on the Internet so I figured I could reproduce it here.
From the Capital Times…
Mad City Marathon notes: Sunday best: Marathon suits him just fine
By Jason McMahon
With all the different events and age groups that make up [...]