The Chicago Marathon will commence in 52 days. That's 26.2 miles for those of you who were curious. Here are some other interesting ways to look at the marathon. 1 Marathon = 1660032 inches 42.165 kilometers 230.56 times up and…
A day in the life of a marathoning joggler in haiku. Joggler in the Morning: Open eyes, feel pain Back, arm and leg movement hurts Night sweat soaked pillow Joggler in the Afternoon: Feel stomach grumble Need lunch but there…
A couple of weeks ago it was announced on JYAJ that I was going to attempt to break the world record for the fastest 50 mile joggling ultra marathon. I just got word from Guinness that my attempt is official.…
Members of the Just Your Average Joggler community are familiar with the joggling streak, a streak that is up to 211 days now.Anyway, this article about a jogging priest tells of a different kind of running streak, an actual streaking…
Tonight, the timing Gods have made it necessary to do my joggling outside. Unfortunately, the Chicago weather is rainy so I'll be doing this workout in the rain. This won't be too bad because it's a short 2 mile juggling…
Sorry for the egocentric post but I just thought I'd tell everyone that today I is my 14,000 day. Thanks to my good friend from high school, Carla, who reminded me. I think I'll celebrate with a 10 mile joggle…
Some time ago I said that I was going to attempt to joggle a 100-mile ultra marathon. Well, today I'm announcing that I will not be making this attempt in Kansas. Here are my excuses. 1. I haven't trained nearly…
A couple of weekends ago, while visiting the Brewmaster's place (remember juggling on the trampoline), we were playing a game of Trivial Pursuit Totally 80s. Imagine the scene... My team's Trapper Keeper game piece is cruising along getting pie upon…
On July 17th, 2007 the International Jugglers Association (IJA) held the joggling championships at Hanes Park track in Winston-Salem, N.C. It was part of their annual jugglers convention. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to participate, but 43 other jogglers did. (There…
Last weekend my wife and I went to the Brewmaster's lake cottage. One of the greatest features of the place was a trampoline. I love bouncing on a trampoline. It's an incredible workout but mostly it's just fun. At some…