Joggler, Joe Salter asked on the Gatto juggling talk forum which of the following joggling feats will be accomplished in the next 20 years?
1. Someone juggle while running a 100 mile race.
2. Someone juggle an ENTIRE triathlon (swim, run, bike).
3. Someone juggle while running across the ENTIRE United States.
4. Someone joggle the Great Wall of China Marathon.
5. Someone joggle backwards for an entire marathon.
The winner of this poll was the idea that someone will juggle an entire triathlon.
I actually think the 100 mile race is the most plausible. The triathlon is a great idea but it’s going to be really tough to pull off.
Here are a few other joggling feats I think might be accomplished.
6. Joggling the Antarctic marathon.
7. Joggling a marathon on all 7 continents
8. Joggling a sub 2:30 marathon
9. Joggling the Badwater ultramarathon
10. Joggling banzuke!
What other joggling feats do you think might be accomplished in the next 20 years?
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Hey Perry, the question actually was which one do you want to see happen, not which one will happen… a subtle difference. I think it’s interesting that the triathalon was picked because I think it’s the easiest of all of them. I think it’s similar to why the non-juggling public prefer chainsaw juggling vs. 7 ball juggling or difficult technical juggling. The great wall and joggling backwards and across the U.S. and others would be harder than the triathalon, but the idea of swimming and biking while juggling is novel and appealing, but not harder. I’ve practiced the swuggling techniqe, it wouldn’t be that bad for the swimming length during a tri, and the juggling while biking would be 2 balls in one hand while biking, not juggling three with no hands on the bike (that would be too dangerous). I found the answers interesting. It goes to show you that the hardest things are not always what people want to see. It’s the appealing ones that they can grasp and relate to.
Good point about the difference.
Easiest? I don’t see triathlon as the easiest.
I’ve tried juggling while swimming and that is not easy. Floating on back and juggling up works but you take in a lot of water up the nose. (Guess I should use nose plugs.
And the biking while juggling would be pretty easy on the straight-aways but imagine trying to go up steep hills, make turns, and…stop.
Yeah, I mainly was thinking of a flat course like one at Pensacola Beach, FL for the biking which is all straight and flat bike paths. The swuggling is much easier than the others!
I could train for 2 months and do the tri joggling with a decent time… it would take much longer to train for the rest. Been to the Great Wall, it’s no easy walk. Across the U.S., that’s tough. same with 100 miler and backwards marathon.
The average person will want to see the tri done more, because it has the “apple and chainsaw appeal.” And, it’s tough too.
I think some guy should get up one day and joggle 26.2 miles without planning to, around Chicago on a rainy day. Wait, apparently that’s already in motion.
Personally, I still think joggling a 5K is quite tough. I think for us non jugglers (or poor jugglers) regular joggling is a miraculous feat.
Another thought, isn’t juggling while swimming an effective way to drown?
Yeah, there is that risk. And then there is the risk of crashing on the bike. These 2 reasons are why I think the joggling triathlon is the most impressive / dangerous.
@ Matt: lol.
I might just have to do it some day soon. When it warms up a bit, I’m going to hit the beach and work on the swuggling.
I like the idea of joggling backwards–That sounds like fun.
Swuggling sounds insanely difficult–I want to see how that’s done.
Swuggling… the sport of the future! Survival of the swuggliest.
Keep in mind that ISF (International Swuggling Federation) rules require you to use balls that sink to make it more interesting.
Joe, I really think you should follow through on the triathlon juggling idea. If you can pull it off even in a sprint triathlon I think there’s a good chance you could get significant media coverage and some great publicity out of it. That or target shooting while juggling.