Chicago is a pretty good place for running records. The marathon record has been set here a couple of times. The weather is nice in the fall and the course is relatively flat. I got my world joggling record here in…
Congratulations to speedy joggler Michal Kapral for setting a new world record for the fastest half marathon done while joggling. He came in at a blazing 1:23:49! You can read his write-up here on his blog. There is also an…
There's a new world record for marathon madness. Richard Donovan finished his 7th marathon on his 7th continent (Australia) and did it in 5 days, 10 hours and 8 minutes. Here's where he did it. 1. Antarctica 2. Cape Town…
On a quest to joggle at least one mile every day for 1000 days in a row. Summary: Today was a challenge. Snow was falling, wind was blowing and the sidewalks were mostly non-shoveled. I would've been better off joggling…
Back in August there was this post on How to Break a World Record. It was a forward looking piece because I had never actually done it. The good news is that all of the steps in there were correct.…
Tyler Wishau reports that he nearly broke the 5K joggling record last weekend at a Racine, Wisconsin Jingle Bell Race. He joggled the race, drop-free, in 17:08. This is only 13 seconds slower than the current 5K joggling record of…
Since I'm a chemist I read lots of science stories. And a story about an obscure world record a couple of chemists set, reminded me of a few other interesting records I've read and been meaning to pass along. Here…
Last post on this race, I promise. I just got the results. The winner of this race did it in a blazing 5:31!! That's around a 6:40 pace which is what I can do in a 5K. Ridiculous. It turns…
Continued from part 2 Joggling Lap 3 Within the first 2 miles of the third lap, I thought I'd passed the girl in green. Her biking friends were stopped at a bathroom and I just assumed she was in there.…
Continued from part 1 Joggling Lap 2 Just after lap 2 started, we picked up another bike spotter, John Kelly. He stayed with us the entire way after that. He also witnessed drop number 2 which happened 2:50 into the…