Continued from part 1 Joggling the First Half John Kelly stayed with me during the first mile dropping back somewhere near State Street. I weaved through the stampeding crowd joggling, smiling and winking at spectators along the way. When you…
Whenever you do a race, have a goal. Any goal is fine. For example, finishing in a certain time, joggling a set distance, breaking the world marathon joggling record or juggling the whole way without a drop are great examples.…
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…
Chicago has so many neighborhood 5K races that you can almost keep your weekends booked from spring through fall. I don't run or juggle as many as in the past, but I always try to do the Bucktown 5K since…
Someone from the Chicago Sun-Times asked marathon running veterans for hints to pass along to first timers. I know a few first timers like Pink and The Brewmaster so here are a few things learned from doing 9 Chicago Marathons.…
This weekend is the Accenture Chicago Triathlon. I will not be joggling this one but my GMW Relay teammate, Brandon will be so I wanted to wish him and all the other people doing it good luck. Good luck to…
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…
Hour 23 and finish It was hot. It was humid. Michelle had a 4+ mile run ahead of her. She hadn't slept much, hadn't trained much and had already completed two other runs. She had a 5 minute lead on…
After my last run, it was off to Zion, Illinois for breakfast. The Star Lite restaurant was the lone choice. Fortunately, Applebees was closed. Kudos to the Star Lite because they had a pretty good breakfast, but more importantly they…
I lost all power on the cell phone that I'd been using to do those hourly posts so I wasn't able to give a race wrap-up. Then on Saturday and Sunday, too tired to post. Here's what happened during the…