Posted on July 3rd, 2008 by Average Joggler
As you may know, I’m participating in the IJA World Joggling Championships in Lexington, Kentucky two weeks from now. These races will be different than the normal 5K, 10K, Half Marathon and full Marathon distances that I usually do. There will be sprint races of distances like 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, etc. instead.
Well, [...]
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Posted on July 1st, 2008 by Average Joggler
This story published in the Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research demonstrates that you can improve your fitness just by thinking about the right things.
Researchers had students think about either the “reasons” they wanted to become more fit or the “actions” they could take to become more fit. For 8 weeks they had subjects write [...]
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Posted on June 30th, 2008 by Average Joggler
I used to think I could do every 3-ball trick there was, but this guy shows just how mistaken I was.
Clearly, I have a problem of a lack of creativity and inspiration. I get bored because I couldn’t come up with new 3-ball tricks to challenge me. Tim Kelly just gave me [...]
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Posted on June 30th, 2008 by Average Joggler
Is joggling really getting so popular that resorts are now featuring special paths just for jogglers?
Well, according to this travel blog the Caliente Caribe in Puerto Plata (Dominican Republic) has
“extensive walking/joggling nature paths.”
I can’t wait to go and see whether they are really joggling paths or an unfortunate typo.
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Posted on June 26th, 2008 by Average Joggler
There was an interesting article that gave all the statistics about the exercise habits of people in the United States. Let’s see how well you do.
Question 1: Which area of the United States are you most likely to find someone exercising on any given day?
A. Pacific
B. Mountain
C. West North Central
D. [...]
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Posted on June 21st, 2008 by Average Joggler
The other day, I was scheduled to do a joggling speed workout. It was supposed to feature two 1600 meter runs at a 6:30/mile pace with an 800m easy run in between.
In my pre-retired days, it would’ve been easy enough to just get on the treadmill and do the distances there. But I [...]
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Posted on June 20th, 2008 by Average Joggler
In the recent story about sweating while joggling, Flurpy pointed out that joggling has made it much harder for him to spit while running. He says
Before joggling, I also spat (I’m a smoker), but with joggling, it is too hard to get the timing right. - maybe If I can do a decent 5-ball, I’ll [...]
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Posted on June 16th, 2008 by Average Joggler
Imagine the scene…
The weather : Sunny, 78F and humid
The place : Quite sidewalks of Toronto
At the 44th minute of a 45 minute joggling run, your legs are tired. If you generated the proper amount of physical exertion, your shirt and most other parts of you are coated with a thin layer of sweat. And if [...]
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Posted on June 14th, 2008 by Average Joggler
Hey joggling fans.
Just wanted to let you know that today is the official World Juggling Day.
We wrote about world juggling day last year and gave suggestions for how to celebrate. Mostly, they included getting outside and juggling. My preferred outdoor juggling activity is joggling which I’m going to go do right now. [...]
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Posted on June 13th, 2008 by Average Joggler
While joggling today around the streets of Toronto (I’m on vacation) I had an inspiration for a new joggling competition.
Are you familiar with the television show Unbeatable Banzuke? It’s a compelling show. Contestants try to go through an obstacle course while riding unicycles, walking on their hands, riding BMX bikes, pogo sticks, stilts, etc.
So, while [...]
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