This is just a quick note to tell everyone that the races were great and it was a ton of fun!! Being able to joggle against other jogglers was a real hoot.
Take a look at this joggling video on the Kentucky newspaper site. They even have an interview with the Average Joggler. [...]
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As reported yesterday, the EcoJoggler from Canada (we’ll try to get an interview with him) has decided to try and break the world record for a joggling 5K. He’s put together a cool and humorous video on it. It’s all for a worthy cause. He’s trying to raise money for the WWF Canada. Good luck [...]
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You come here to look for all things joggling and that’s why we’re here. That and the fact that I love writing almost as much as I like joggling. Here is just a sample of what’s going on in the joggling world.
1. TheLobby blog gives information about the upcoming International Juggling Festival [...]
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This is part of a series of posts answering the oft asked question, “Why Do You Joggle?“
Of the 24 marathons I’ve done, only 2 were done sans joggling. Actually, it would’ve only been 1 but in the 1998 Chicago Marathon I dropped two joggling bags in the first half mile and was unable to retrieve [...]
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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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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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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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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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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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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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