tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43865154309678182562024-03-07T22:13:08.013-05:00The Bloggling JogglerI'm Michal "The Joggler" Kapral of Toronto, Canada, and I run marathons while "joggling," which is an actual sport that combines jogging and juggling. I hold the Guinness World Record of 2:50:12 for the fastest marathon while juggling three objects. And yes, I also chewed gum every step of the way. Life is a joggling act.Michal The Joggler Kapralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07776034699602913226noreply@blogger.comBlogger337125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386515430967818256.post-23770353391818698302023-11-15T13:43:00.002-05:002023-11-15T13:45:20.197-05:00Edwin and Bergeron Joggle 3:00:06 Marathons on Same Day<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">October 15, 2023 will go down as one of the most remarkable in joggling history with two jogglers joggling marathons on the same day in the exact same time of 3 hours and 6 seconds, an Atlantic Ocean apart from each other.</span></p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsMDMbo1PQ1yisdZbA3pD6vUL5XBH4elt3qswzSElqSky8P0WCB7ih_KNlPaQIm0_8s-8jAOWmWid10e21YoRiotlbfhIlaLCUYoecaUtfFbC3rG2SLLGo82w2YGbtIMOypMu4OmMG_0rMtJgcQrcET-ynV5KaL7IBvJpfFikcdNlExLJHnN-EZun5pJw/s423/ChrisEdwin.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Chris Edwin running a marathon while juggling three beanbags" border="0" data-original-height="423" data-original-width="396" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsMDMbo1PQ1yisdZbA3pD6vUL5XBH4elt3qswzSElqSky8P0WCB7ih_KNlPaQIm0_8s-8jAOWmWid10e21YoRiotlbfhIlaLCUYoecaUtfFbC3rG2SLLGo82w2YGbtIMOypMu4OmMG_0rMtJgcQrcET-ynV5KaL7IBvJpfFikcdNlExLJHnN-EZun5pJw/w300-h320/ChrisEdwin.JPG" title="Chris Edwin joggling the 2023 Yorkshire Marathon" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Chris Edwin joggling the 2023 Yorkshire Marathon <br />(Photo via Chris Edwin)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">First, U.K.'s Chris Edwin smashed his personal best joggling marathon time at the <a href="https://www.runforall.com/events/marathon/yorkshire-marathon/" target="_blank">Yorkshire Marathon</a> to become the third-fastest joggling marathoner of all time after me and Zach Warren. Later that same day, Canada's Michael-Lucien Bergeron set off on the <a href="https://www.torontowaterfrontmarathon.com/" target="_blank">TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon</a> on a blazing joggling pace ahead of my world record 2:50:12, but suffered some cramping to finish in 3:00:06 and tying Edwin on the third <a href="https://jogglingresults.streamlit.app/All_Time_Lists_(Male)" target="_blank">all-time marathon joggling list</a>.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Many things can go wrong with you're running a marathon. Add juggling to the mix and the number of things that can go wrong increases exponentially. Here's how Bergeron described his race, in an <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CyeNORypFl5/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D&img_index=1" target="_blank">Instagram post</a>:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0uCQJjI9GtovwyDVCjGenVkzM_AUd8HX1NDehh7vhRjsSsEqIh1CybRXkv6ZjkuJXUCPso2vsYqiEDCAnnGBBravAavCZ0vX3IU50qJLDNSwxeQkjKLxg_qNN9WOD0V9-_dgTXnVIXb4J5cLW9PjakeTSh_EiUYXlD4HzQmTotFIcTYxJjQ5Bed88TWc/s448/Bergeron.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="393" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0uCQJjI9GtovwyDVCjGenVkzM_AUd8HX1NDehh7vhRjsSsEqIh1CybRXkv6ZjkuJXUCPso2vsYqiEDCAnnGBBravAavCZ0vX3IU50qJLDNSwxeQkjKLxg_qNN9WOD0V9-_dgTXnVIXb4J5cLW9PjakeTSh_EiUYXlD4HzQmTotFIcTYxJjQ5Bed88TWc/w299-h340/Bergeron.JPG" width="299" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Michael-Lucien Bergeron joggling the <br />2023 TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon <br />(Photo via Michael-Lucien Bergeron)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">"What went wrong: When joggling you don’t have easily access to knowing your pace, so you rely on people around you. I had intended on running with Jennie for the first bit of the race but started to far back which took me over 5km to catch up to her. By that time, I was already running at a decent clip and decided to keep going, clocking a 1h22min30sec half marathon. From there things started to go wrong, with hot stop under my feet and stomach cramping. The pace was slowing down by 30km and I stop around 31.5km for a couple second contemplating just quitting. Some cheering from the sideline got me back in the race. Around 35km I started having an extreme pain in my left wrist, which is still present 24h later, likely overuse of tossing balls for 3h straight lol. With 2km to go, I got major cramping in my legs and even laid down on the ground for 1-2min while someone gave me a massage and someone else poured Gatorade in my mouth. I looked at my watch and got back up and tried sprinting to break 3h but finished 6sec over the mark in a time of 3h00min06sec. One last thing is that every time I needed to hydrate or anytime, I dropped a ball I had to stop forward movement to hydrate or pick up the ball which generated some lactic stress on the body."</span><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Looking forward to seeing what these two guys can do in future marathons. And hopefully they can do a <a href="https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5345156" target="_blank">Kapral-Warren-style joggling marathon duel</a> at some point in the near future. </span></p>Michal The Joggler Kapralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07776034699602913226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386515430967818256.post-20998244936123574762023-11-08T13:21:00.001-05:002023-11-08T13:21:35.795-05:00Best 5-ball Joggling Training Run Ever<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I found the perfect 5-ball joggling training area in Port Hope. It’s a 500m stretch of newly paved bike and pedestrian path with no overhead trees and almost no other people. The other day I ran back and forth along this route to do some roughly timed 5-ball jaunts. I still usually drop about every 100m, but if I’m not worried about cars or other potential obstacles, I can often make it further. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Midway through the 7km 5-ball training session, I glanced at my watch just before I started another half-kilometre interval along the path and boom, everything just clicked and I cruised the entire 500m without dropping a ball. I looked at my watch just after I stopped and it was somewhere around 2 minutes and 5 seconds, so about a 6:30 mile, and right on Matt Feldman’s 5-ball joggling mile world record pace. I did a little celebratory dance and continued on. I clicked off a bunch of other solid runs after that, including this one that Dianne filmed near the end of the session.</span> </p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MdJSxJsCuWg?si=aDHa1xaEJa1joW62" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>Michal The Joggler Kapralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07776034699602913226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386515430967818256.post-81230151565174100622023-09-26T15:48:00.002-05:002023-09-26T15:48:13.953-05:005-Ball Joggling Practice in Port Hope<p>Our new neighbourhood in the town of Port Hope, Ontario, is a great place to work on 5-ball joggling. I’ve been tacking these sprint sessions onto the end of my non-joggling runs, hoping to eventually get good enough for a decent 5-ball 400m, 800m, mile or 5K. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZhQ1aUeI8NQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="ZhQ1aUeI8NQ"></iframe></span></div><p><br /></p>Michal The Joggler Kapralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07776034699602913226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386515430967818256.post-34195445270823441152023-09-26T15:14:00.001-05:002023-09-26T15:14:44.649-05:00Joggling in Georgina for a Marathon DNF<p>Hi! It’s been nearly four years since my last post. Here’s a quick recap. There was a pandemic. In early 2023, we moved from Toronto about 100km east to the beautiful town of Port Hope, Ontario. In May, I ran my first 100-mile trail race (no juggling). On Sept. 10, I planned to joggle the Georgina Marathon for a Boston Qualifier and then joggle the Boston Marathon next year. </p><p>My training for Georgina was terrible due to general laziness and lack of motivation, but I still felt like I had a good shot at a sub-3:25 age-group BQ time. Any thoughts at another no-drop joggling marathon were immediately dashed when I fumbled a catch about 30 seconds into the race as I tried to navigate the crowded path on the shore of Lake Ontario as runners jockeyed for position as they settled into pace. The beanbag rolled into the dirt, a sign of trouble to come. </p><p>I settled into a good rhythm and clocked off a 22:10 first 5K and consciously slowed to 47:41 at 10K, hoping for a 3:15 to 3:20 marathon finish. But by the time I hit the half in 1:38, an early twinge in my left calf muscle had become a painful strain. An old juggling injury in my right shoulder had also reared its ugly head. So as I headed out on the second loop of the two-loop marathon course, I realized I’d have to pay an arm and a leg to finish the race. I stopped rest several times but it was no use. Just past 32K, I met up with Dianne on the course and called it a day. I hadn’t dropped a ball since those first few metres of the race, but now I dropped my whole self out. </p><p>It was my second-ever DNF in a race (years ago, I dropped out 50K into a 100K race) but no regrets! Now time to train for my first-ever joggling trail race at the Fat Ass in Battawa, Ontario. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2xM_UKVKfUEbisWtQmAke14ZcaXA8HtcVsobHNoD9I1oe84_EtDrhEP-zsTEeezQcW-a-27-Gjo9snWiPAvS5HEGZ3vUtZrBZhORpj5o0TtjmDPGgiQztLnUW6ZzeraurvJj83IxpmnneuUk8JYIXNId8lK36HEIsPnFp0KB10mfMfI8EqmomI9jJvZc/s4032/FullSizeRender.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Guy running while juggling" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2xM_UKVKfUEbisWtQmAke14ZcaXA8HtcVsobHNoD9I1oe84_EtDrhEP-zsTEeezQcW-a-27-Gjo9snWiPAvS5HEGZ3vUtZrBZhORpj5o0TtjmDPGgiQztLnUW6ZzeraurvJj83IxpmnneuUk8JYIXNId8lK36HEIsPnFp0KB10mfMfI8EqmomI9jJvZc/w640-h480/FullSizeRender.jpeg" title="Joggling the Georgina Marathon, just past the half, as my calf muscle began to seize up" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Michal The Joggler Kapralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07776034699602913226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386515430967818256.post-81594082036357127192019-10-16T09:59:00.002-05:002019-10-17T07:35:13.215-05:00Canadian Smashes Two Joggling World Records in Maldives<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Maldives joggling extravaganza blew away all my expectations. I'll write about it soon. Until then, here's a news release about the two new joggling world records I set during the trip.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="PT" style="font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Canadian </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Smashes Two J</span></b><b><span lang="PT" style="font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 107%;">oggling </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 107%;">World Records in Maldives</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i><span lang="PT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Michal </span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“The Joggler” Kapral of
Toronto runs first-ever 10km while juggling 4 objects, then destroys Guinness
World Record for most consecutive stairs climbed while juggling 3 objects</span></i></b></span></div>
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World Record holder Michal “The Joggler” Kapral of Toronto became the first
person to run a road race while simultaneously juggling 4 balls, </span><span lang="PT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">set</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">ting a new world record (and Guinness World Record,
pending ratification) of 55 minutes, 48 seconds at the RunInAddu race on Oct. 5
in Addu, Maldives, the country’s southernmost atoll, along a scenic course
bordered by white sand beaches and azure Indian Ocean </span><span lang="NL" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">waters</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“It was a dream destination race along a
beautiful paved road and a fast, flat course,” says Kapral. “I couldn’t think
of a better place to break a new joggling record. The 4-ball joggling pattern
took laser-focus to maintain at sub-1-hour 10K pace. It was almost 20 minutes
slower than my 3-ball joggling 10K Guinness World Record of 36:27, and took
every ounce of my endurance and concentration. I was near exhaustion at about
8km, but pushed on – and wow, was I glad to see all the smiling faces at the
finish line. It was totally worth the effort.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Six days</span><span lang="NL" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> later, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Kapral broke another world record in the
Maldives capital of Malé, this time a Guinness World Record for most
consecutive stairs climbed while juggling 3 objects. The event took place on
the central staircase in Sultan Park, the lush garden next to the 16<sup>th</sup>-century
former palace of the sultan of Maldives. Kapral ran up and down 2,544 stairs
(the single flight was 16 stairs) while juggling 3 beanbags without a drop,
climbing past the height of the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and
nearly 1.5 times the number of stairs up the CN Tower in Toronto. Guinness
World Records rules required Kapral to run while juggling both up and down the
stairs without stopping or dropping a ball, and only the “</span><span lang="PT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">up</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">” counted toward the record. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Kapral climbed more than four times higher
than the previous world record of 600 stairs. He dropped a ball while turning
around at the top of the staircase after running and juggling up 159 flights
and after nearly 45 minutes. It’s interesting to note that the Maldives is the
world’s lowest country at an average elevation of about 1.5 metres. Maldives
tourism minister Ali Waheed attended the stair climb record event, along with
other tourism representatives. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Kapral set</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">the two world records in the ]sport of joggling –
jogging while juggling – as part of a new campaign initiative</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">by the Maldives Tourism Board to attract running and
sports tourists to the country. Both events were organized by Total Fitness
Group, and the RunInAddu also featured a marathon, half-marathon, 5K, and a
kids’ 2km run, which Kapral led along with wife Dianne and daughters Annika and
Lauryn. The events were sponsored by Heritance Aarah Maldives, </span><span lang="PT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Adaaran </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Maldives,</span><span lang="NL" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Meeru </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Island Resort and Kaimoo
Maldives. Both record attempts were broadcast live nationally on Maldivian
public TV. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">With the emergence of guesthouses and a wider
range of travel options, and several marathons and other </span><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">running races taking place
across the country, as well as other sports events, Maldives hopes Kapral</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">’s records will raise
awareness for the Maldives as an emerging running and sports destination for
travellers from Canada and the U.S. who are looking for new experiences on
their journeys. Just over 9,500 tourists from Canada visited Maldives in 2018,
a 6% increase over the previous year, and nearly 43,000 tourists from the U.S.
visited the country in 2018, up 9.5% from 2017.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Kapral currently holds the Guinness World
Record for the fastest marathon while juggling 3 objects in 2 hours, 50 minutes
and 12 seconds, along with several other joggling records. He is planning one
more Guinness World Record attempt this year, this time for fastest
half-marathon skipping without a rope, at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront
Marathon on Oct. 20. It will be his first non-joggling record since he broke
the record for fastest marathon pushing a baby in a stroller with daughter
Annika at the Toronto Waterfront event in 2004. For that record, Kapral is
raising funds in the charity challenge for Giant Steps Toronto for kids with
autism. </span></span></div>
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Michal The Joggler Kapralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07776034699602913226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386515430967818256.post-78838756978430276172019-09-13T11:27:00.000-05:002019-09-23T13:32:54.548-05:00Stepping It Up for a Joggling Stair-Climb Guinness World Record in Maldives<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Life is full of ups and downs, but only the ups will count towards my latest Guinness World Record attempt for most consecutive stairs climbed while juggling without a drop. On Oct. 11, 2019, in </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Mal</span><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">é, Maldives,</span></span> I'll be rising to the challenge in the world's flattest country, running and juggling up the equivalent number of steps of the world's tallest tower. The record attempt will take place six days after my Oct. 5 attempt to become the first person to race a 10K while joggling five balls.</span></div>
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Attempt for Juggling Stair Climb in Maldives, the World’s Flattest Country</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">TORONTO – September 13, 2019 –</span></b><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> Michal “The Joggler” Kapral of Toronto, Canada, will be
juggling three beanbags one toss and step at a time in Mal</span><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">é</span><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">, Maldives, on October 11, 2019, as he attempts to run to a Guinness
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47, who owns several world records in the sport of joggling – running while
juggling – including the <a href="https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-marathon-joggling-with-three-objects-(male)/" target="_blank">fastest marathon while juggling three objects</a> in 2
hours 50 minutes and 12 seconds, will rise to the world-record stair-climb challenge
as part of a campaign to promote the destination for the <a href="https://visitmaldives.com/" target="_blank">Maldives Tourism Board</a>.</span><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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excited to smash this Guinness World Record with the world’s most stunning
vacation destination as a backdrop,” says Kapral. “Maldives bills itself as
‘the sunny side of life’ and that’s exactly how I view running while juggling.
It makes people smile and laugh. I’m looking forward to putting on a good show,
running and juggling to new heights in the flattest country on Earth.” </span><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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will be Kapral’s first attempt at a juggling stair-climbing record. The
Guinness World Records rules state that he must juggle continuously throughout
the attempt – and a dropped ball means the record attempt is over. He can
juggle while running up and down a flight of stairs, but only the “up” stairs
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will climb up and down a short flight of 10-20 outdoor stairs in the Maldivian capital city of Mal</span><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">é</span><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">. He plans to reach at least 1,776 stairs, the equivalent of running up
and down the staircase of the CN Tower in his hometown of Toronto, which until
recently was the world’s tallest freestanding structure. If he surpasses the <a href="https://www.cntower.ca/en-ca/home.html" target="_blank">CNTower</a> height, Kapral will keep climbing and juggling his way past 2,909 steps,
the number of stairs to the top level of the 828-meter <a href="https://www.burjkhalifa.ae/en/" target="_blank">Burj Khalifa</a> skyscraper
in Dubai, the world’s tallest building.
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is no current record listed but Guinness World Records has set a minimum of 600
stairs to achieve the new record. In 2012, American Pete Moyer reportedly
climbed 530 stairs at a hotel while juggling three beanbags. “I trained for
this, but it hardly helped,” Moyer said after the climb. “It's extremely hard
to breathe. If you want a good example, have someone strangle you while you
walk your dog.” Kapral hopes to have a much more enjoyable experience juggling
up the outdoor staircase in the fresh air of the azure paradise of Maldives. </span></span></div>
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Michal The Joggler Kapralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07776034699602913226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386515430967818256.post-57795998197796307162019-06-24T12:43:00.003-05:002019-06-24T12:49:45.086-05:00NEWS RELEASE: Multitasking in the Maldives: 5-Ball Joggling 10K World Record Attempt Set for Oct. 5<br />
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5 Balls for a New ‘Joggling’ Guinness World Record</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">TORONTO – JUNE 24,
2019 – </b>Putting the “world” in Guinness World Records, Michal “The Joggler”
Kapral of Toronto, Canada is taking his beanbags and running shoes to the Indian
Ocean destination of the Maldives in a quest for a new world record in the sport
of joggling – running while juggling. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On October 5, 2019, Kapral, 47, will attempt to become the
first person to run 10km while simultaneously juggling five balls every step of
the way. The record attempt will take place at the Coca-Cola <a href="http://www.gotorace.com/event/coca-cola-runinaddu-2019/">runinaddu</a>
event in Addu, the southernmost atoll of the world’s flattest country. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Joggling sparks joy in people everywhere I go, so I can’t
wait to showcase this sport in the Maldives for some record-breaking history
almost halfway around the world from my hometown,” Kapral says.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Kapral holds the world record of 2 hours 50 minutes and 12
seconds for the fastest marathon joggling three objects, set at the Toronto
Waterfront Marathon in 2007. He also set the unofficial record of 2:55:25 for fastest
joggling marathon without dropping a ball, at the 2016 Chicago Marathon. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There is no current record for the 10km distance juggling
five objects, but Kapral’s goal is to break one hour. The five-ball 5K world
record is 27:06, set by Matt Feldman of the U.S. in 2011. Guinness World Records
rules say jogglers must be juggling the cascade pattern every step of the way
forward, and in the event of a drop, must return behind the drop point before
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“When you’re running while juggling five balls, every mile
feels like a marathon,” Kapral says. “The five-ball 10K joggling race is going
to take some next-level hand-eye-arm-leg coordination, endurance and focus.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Kapral’s Guinness World Record attempt is being supported by
the Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation <a href="https://twitter.com/visitmaldives">(@VisitMaldives</a>) and the race
sponsor, Total Fitness Group. Kapral’s juggling ball sponsor, <a href="http://www.sportjugglingco.com/">Sport Juggling Company</a>, is creating
custom multicoloured beanbags for the occasion. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Despite being a nation of nearly 1,200 islands and 26
atolls, the Maldives has a thriving road racing and running tourism scene, with
about a dozen races per year across the country, including several marathons. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Read more about Kapral’s joggling experiences on his blog,
The Bloggling Joggler, at <a href="http://www.thejoggler.blogspot.com/">http://www.thejoggler.blogspot.com</a>.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For more information,
contact Michal Kapral at <a href="mailto:mekapral@gmail.com">mekapral@gmail.com</a>
or on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/mkapral">@mkapral</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<br />Michal The Joggler Kapralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07776034699602913226noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386515430967818256.post-11577346012199766302019-04-04T10:57:00.001-05:002019-04-04T11:03:31.466-05:005-Ball Joggling 10K TrainingIt's been a while. I've been busy joggling life. But fear not, joggling enthusiasts, because the sport continues to flourish, even if I haven't documented here. Jogglers have set several world records since my last update.<br />
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I took some time off because of an Achilles injury and some bad eczema flare-ups, but I'm back to training for the 5-ball joggling 10K world record. Here's a compilation of my 5-ball joggling training and racing (drops edited out):<br />
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Michal The Joggler Kapralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07776034699602913226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386515430967818256.post-78697536703925321582017-11-12T22:25:00.002-05:002017-11-12T22:25:48.434-05:00VIDEO: 5-Ball Joggling GoPro Footage from Toronto Waterfront MarathonZach Warren captured some pretty cool GoPro footage during my 5-ball joggling Guinness World Record attempt at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon.<br />
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Michal The Joggler Kapralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07776034699602913226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386515430967818256.post-30292218908181223902017-10-31T08:32:00.000-05:002018-05-02T13:18:22.900-05:00Joggler Out: Spinning My 5-Ball Joggling Marathon Fail as a SuccessI'm just going to throw this out there: Sometimes when you set ridiculously challenging goals for yourself, you will fail. That's exactly what happened to me at the <a href="http://www.torontowaterfrontmarathon.com/" target="_blank">Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon </a>last Sunday. My goal was to set a new Guinness World Record for the fastest marathon while joggling five objects.<br />
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There was no current record, but the Guinness records-keepers decided through some calculus that 4 hours 40 minutes was the time to beat. This doesn't sound very quick, but here's the thing: running while simultaneously juggling five balls is exceedingly difficult. To a non-joggler, I might put it like this: joggling a marathon with three balls is like running a regular marathon, while joggling a marathon with five balls is like running a marathon hopping on your left foot only for the entire 42.2km. It's exponentially harder the further the distance.<br />
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<b>422 drops to glory?</b><br />
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Leading up the race, my training had gone quite well. I practiced running 100m, 200m intervals joggling five balls, and worked my way up to being able to do some 400m joggles around the U of T Varsity track without dropping. But my average drop rate was still around every 100m, which is 422 drops for the marathon. I still thought it might be manageable, but knew based on timing my 100m joggles that a 4:40 marathon would be almost impossible.<br />
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Lucky for me, I had a chance do some training with five-ball joggling record-holder Matt Feldman, who is incredibly quick at the 400m, mile and 5K.<br />
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I also had lunch with five-ball joggling legend Barry Goldmeier, who regularly runs large portions of marathons while juggling five beanbags.<br />
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The week before the race, <a href="http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1233508" target="_blank">CTV News</a> and <a href="http://www.cp24.com/video?clipId=1234470" target="_blank">CP24</a> ran stories about the record attempt.<br />
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I still can't stop laughing at the fact that I secured a sponsorship from the best cinnamon bun shop in Toronto. Thank you, <a href="http://amyrosen.com/rosens-cinnamon-buns/" target="_blank">Rosen's Cinnamon Buns</a> for supporting my joggling dreams. A huge thank-you as well to Cheryl Sayers from <a href="http://www.sportjugglingco.com/" target="_blank">Sport Juggling Company</a> for the amazing Sportball beanbags. <br />
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<b>Joggling jitters</b><br />
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Zach arrived from D.C. on Friday and we toured Toronto riding BikeShare bikes on Saturday, which was probably not the best thing to do the day before trying to set a world record. I hadn't seen Zach in 10 years, when we raced each other at the 2007 Salt Lake City Marathon. I discovered that he's still one of the greatest people you could ever meet.<br />
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Zach has worked as a circus performer, and is an expert juggler. The night before the marathon, we went out to practice some joggling to see how close he should follow during the race. Zach tried five-ball joggling and actually had some trouble with it. I realized that all my training had actually worked. I had developed a new skill (perhaps not the most useful skill in the world, but still...).<br />
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Race day. My nerves were joggling big-time, since I still didn't know if this record was even possible. It was very difficult to tell during my training how the race would play out, since I trained on a track, or on an empty stretch of road in my neighbourhood. Zach and I lined up in the slowest corral for marathon finish times of 4:30 and slower. I decided to start near the front of this group, thinking if I got a good clean start, I could stay up front in the clear and avoid the crowds. But just before the horn sounded for our corral's start, a bunch of runners shimmied in front of me and Zach, and I suddenly found myself squished in a large crowd.<br />
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I was immediately in a panic, trying to maintain the high tosses of the five-ball juggling pattern. I dropped several times right near the beginning, and scrambled to regroup right away so I didn't interfere with the runners behind me. This caused me to drop even more. I was exhausted almost right from the gun, and it just got worse from there. On the bright side, the spectators were loving it, and Zach shouted encouraging words to pull me out of my panicked state. It was still crowded up until about 3km, but by the time I had slowed enough to have some space to juggle, my energy was sapped. I felt like I had already run a marathon. I should've started at the very back and not worried about trying to run 4:40, but it was too late.<br />
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In my frenzy, I somehow managed to injure my left hand, which began to hurt more and more with each toss. I hit 5K in 46 minutes, already 13 minutes behind schedule. Zach told me, based on my stride length and toss rate, that I would be making 130,000 tosses and catches for the marathon. It's going to be a long day, I thought. The next 5K took me 56 minutes. My hand was now in serious trouble, shooting pain up my forearm with each toss and catch. By the 13K turnaround on Lake Shore, I had entered survival mode. "We're going to finish this," Zach said. "My flight doesn't leave until tomorrow."<br />
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Close to my break point at about 15K, the race film crew showed up. Wonderful, I thought. Everyone can watch me fall apart. And they did. As I inched forward a few steps at a time, the camera crew remained. I thought about all the people who had donated to SickKids Foundation, I thought about the sick kids, and I thought about how lucky I was to be out there doing this.<br />
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The commentary on the race video is priceless. Canadian Running editor-in-chief Michael Doyle says it looks like a slow form of torture, and he was right! <br />
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Things were not going well at all.<br />
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I thought I could just <i>will</i> myself through the rest of the race, even if it took 15 or 20 hours. But just before the 17K marker, I knew my hand was too damaged to go on. I got the five-ball pattern going, joggled to the 17K sign, caught the balls, turned to Zach behind me, and declared, "Joggler out." At this point, we were in last place in the entire race of 18,000 people, followed by a line of police cars.<br />
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Zach said we should continue to run the rest of the marathon without juggling, and I agreed, though I secretly planned to bail at the half. A couple of kilometres later, we ran past three mounted police officers. Zach ran over to them and, employing his deft social skills from a decade of living and working in Afghanistan, he convinced them to gallop behind me on a final joggle. It was quite the scene. I ended up joggling at a good clip, as the clack of the hooves sounded altogether too close behind me.<br />
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We continued on. Near the halfway point, we ran into my parents, my sister, Moira, and my niece, Kate. My mom reminded us that the course had a time limit of 6 hours. "A sub-2 half? We can do that!" Zach said, cheerfully. I put on my best smiley face, and off we went for another half marathon. We shared some good laughs with the walkers, and were ever grateful for the volunteers who remained at the scene to offer Gatorade and water to last runners and walkers. My entire body felt like it was falling apart, but somehow I found the strength to keep running. Zach hadn't run a marathon since our 2007 joggling duel in Salt Lake, and recently had back surgery, so he wasn't doing so well himself. But we chatted and laughed and joked our way through the rest of it.<br />
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I juggled for the last few metres across the finish line. Two of my beanbags hit the timing clock above the finish and thumped to the ground on the finish line. Seemed appropriate that these extra two balls fell at the end.<br />
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Joggling five balls every step of the way over long distances is very hard. Ludicrous, really. I knew this challenge had a good chance of failure. But I emerged from the experience with an odd sense of excitement. I tried. I gave it everything. I juggled to the last catch possible.<br />
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I had the privilege of running with Zach Warren for 5 hours and 40 minutes, a great way to catch up with a friend after 10 years. I got to see my wife Dianne and kids, Annika and Lauryn at the end. Lots of people donated to SickKids, raising nearly $2,000. Zach and I posted a negative split of <b>1 hour 56 minutes and 31 seconds</b>, possibly the largest negative split ever in a marathon. I joggled five balls of the race for 17K, which is likely the furthest anyone has gone for every step, returning behind the drop point after each drop. Zach and I had a chance to experience what it's like to be in last place in an IAAF Gold Label marathon. We met so many amazing people along the route. I got to joggle with a mounted police escort.<br />
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There was some pretty entertaining media coverage after the race, from <a href="https://runningmagazine.ca/michal-kapral-joggling-2017-toronto-waterfront-marathon/" target="_blank">Canadian Running</a>, <a href="http://www.mensjournal.com/sports/articles/watch-man-tries-juggling-five-balls-while-running-marathon-fails-w510321" target="_blank">Men's Journal</a>, <a href="http://www.skysports.com/more-sports/athletics/news/29877/11100590/canadian-joggler-fails-in-marathon-world-record-attempt" target="_blank">Sky Sports</a>, and the <a href="https://www.thestar.com/sports/amateur/2017/10/22/every-runner-has-a-story-at-the-toronto-waterfront-marathon.html" target="_blank">Toronto Star</a>. The Twitter Moment for it was even shared around the world by Twitter Moments and Twitter Sports.<br />
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As joggler Bob Evans said to me on Facebook after the race, "There is no story without conflict. Your 5-ball marathon quest just got a lot more compelling. Keep going!" In this case, I battled the record, and the record won. This was captured perfectly in this screenshot of race video of me looking like a dejected gorilla.<br />
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<br />Michal The Joggler Kapralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07776034699602913226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386515430967818256.post-37819105584218138422017-09-25T11:27:00.001-05:002017-09-26T06:12:30.776-05:00NEWS RELEASE: High Five! Juggling Runner Michal Kapral to Attempt 5-Ball Joggling Marathon Guinness World Record in Toronto<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
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Juggling Runner Michal Kapral to Attempt 5-Ball ‘Joggling’ Marathon Guinness
World Record in Toronto<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Kapral to race
Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon juggling 5 beanbags – and chewing gum
– to raise funds for SickKids Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>TORONTO</b> – Ten years after smashing the current Guinness World Record
for fastest marathon while juggling three objects in 2 hours 50 minutes,
Toronto’s Michal “The Joggler” Kapral plans to run and juggle his way to a new
record, this time keeping<i> five</i> beanbags in the air every
step of the 2017 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon on October 22.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Kapral,
45, a writer at Health Quality Ontario in Toronto, has completed eight three-ball
marathons while “joggling” – the sport that combines running (or jogging) and
juggling – including the 2016 Chicago Marathon, which he finished <a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/13/497824938/man-juggles-for-an-entire-marathon-without-a-single-drop">without
dropping a ball once</a> in 2 hours 55 minutes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">This will
be Kapral’s first attempt at a five-ball joggling marathon, and the first time
anyone has officially tried to set the Guinness World Record for running an entire 42.2km race while juggling five
balls. The only other reported complete five-ball joggling marathon was by the late <a href="http://dev.juggle.org/history/archives/jugmags/45-2/45-2,p11.htm">Billy
Gillen</a> of Brooklyn, N.Y., who was rumoured to have joggled the entire 1988 New York City
Marathon in 7 hours 7 minutes. Barry Goldmeier of Rockville, Maryland has also joggled five beanbags during marathons, but doesn't juggle the entire way. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Guinness World
Records has set a time of 4 hours 40 minutes to establish an official record. An
adjudicator will be at the race to verify the record attempt on the spot. Kapral
will aim for the 4:40 mark, but has a secondary goal of surpassing Gillen's reported time of
7:07. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“This is
by far the most difficult world record I’ve ever attempted,” says Kapral, who
also holds Guinness World Records for the fastest half-marathon (1:20:40) and 10K (36:27) while
juggling three objects, and previously held the record for fastest marathon
pushing a stroller. “Juggling five balls standing still is about 10 times
harder than three. Keeping that five-ball pattern flying in the air while
running a marathon is just completely nuts. It feels like you’re running two
marathons at once – one with your arms and one with your legs.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Kapral
expects to stop or drop several hundred times during the marathon, and has
enlisted American joggling rival and friend Zach Warren to run behind him (without
juggling) to act as a spotter, and to ensure the safety of the other runners. Despite
having to look up at an angle, Kapral is able to see ahead of him while running
and juggling with five beanbags. Guinness World Records rules stipulate that if
Kapral drops a ball, he must return behind the drop point before restarting. He
can stop at aid stations to drink or eat, but must be juggling every step of the way forward. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">As he did
while setting the 2007 world record while joggling three balls, Kapral will
chew gum during the entire five-ball joggling marathon. “People always ask me, ‘Can
you also chew gum while you do that?’” Kapral says. “The answer is yes! I’ll be chewing Stride gum
the whole way!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Kapral is
raising donations for SickKids Foundation as part of the record attempt, to
support patient care, research and equipment at The Hospital for Sick Children
in Toronto, where Kapral received treatment for severe asthma as a child, and where he and his wife Dianne's daughter Annika received care for a heart condition when she was born. Secure donations can be made through this link: <a href="https://www.sickkidsdonations.com/registrant/FundraisingPage.aspx?registrationID=3952455&langPref=en-CA">https://www.sickkidsdonations.com/registrant/FundraisingPage.aspx?registrationID=3952455&langPref=en-CA</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">In another
world first, Kapral has likely become the first runner to secure an official
cinnamon bun sponsor. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Rosensbuns/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel">Rosen’s
Cinnamon Buns</a>, founded by cookbook author Amy Rosen, has endorsed the marathon
record attempt. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“These
delectable treats fuelled some of my long training runs,” says Kapral, “so having
Rosen’s support for this record attempt is just the icing on the bun.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Kapral
chronicles his joggling experiences on his blog, The Bloggling Joggler,
at <a href="http://www.thejoggler.blogspot.com/">http://www.thejoggler.blogspot.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">For high-resolution images, or for more information,
please contact Michal Kapral at <a href="mailto:joggler1@gmail.com">joggler1@gmail.com</a>,
or <a href="https://twitter.com/mkapral">@mkapral</a> on Twitter. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Michal The Joggler Kapralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07776034699602913226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386515430967818256.post-71484730826459601062017-08-16T11:47:00.001-05:002017-08-16T11:51:04.854-05:00A Non-Joggling Challenge: GoodLife Fitness City Chase Toronto<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Running while juggling tests your fitness and your mind. The <a href="http://goodlifefitnesscitychase.ca/" target="_blank">GoodLife Fitness City Chase</a> does the same, and that's why I've had my eye on the urban adventure series for years. The events, which take place throughout the summer across Canada in Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa. Halifax and Toronto (two events), culminate in a national final with the best three teams from each of the city finals. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzs4BMK691fHHfbAy2u3OAq0k_volVI3WKOjb15QGTYjJR4OUh9nSgezzUI_5I4b-zmOTCm4xHDvb_vq4Hmk6ZnJKpOboAl917weO78O3bBc82qoMdtpFgsOO1LWcywX1q0hbFh0bhqSI/s1600/GoodLifeFitnessCityChase-RedLogo.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1237" data-original-width="1600" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzs4BMK691fHHfbAy2u3OAq0k_volVI3WKOjb15QGTYjJR4OUh9nSgezzUI_5I4b-zmOTCm4xHDvb_vq4Hmk6ZnJKpOboAl917weO78O3bBc82qoMdtpFgsOO1LWcywX1q0hbFh0bhqSI/s320/GoodLifeFitnessCityChase-RedLogo.png" title="GoodLife Fitness City Chase" width="320" /></a>Dianne and I are teaming up to compete in the second Toronto event on August 19. It will feature a series of 10 challenges, and clues to find each of the challenge points. Participants are only allowed to navigate on foot or by public transit. Hopefully, we'll get a chance to do lots of running. They estimate 10k-20k of running and walking, depending on how much you take public transit. I don't plan to do any joggling during the race, unless of course there happens to be a challenge that involves running and juggling. The race has a 6-hour cutoff and the winners typically finish in just over 2 hours. Dianne and I recently returned from a week of back-country camping in Algonquin Park, so we're already in team adventure mode. Let's do this!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thanks to the good people at City Chase, you can get a $20 discount to the event through this blog. Just go to the <a href="http://goodlifefitnesscitychase.ca/events/toronto-2" target="_blank">registration page</a>, and plug in the <b>promo code: JOGGLER20</b>.</span><br />
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<br />Michal The Joggler Kapralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07776034699602913226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386515430967818256.post-24079156221278063702017-02-17T16:04:00.000-05:002017-04-11T14:29:23.301-05:00Blogiversary: 10 Years of Blogging About Joggling<span style="font-size: large;">Most people can't believe that joggling is a <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/jillathrilla/joggling-jogging-while-juggling-is-a-real-thing-5q6p" target="_blank">real thing</a> that people do. Well, can you believe that I have been writing this blog about joggling for 10 years? Ten years! Exactly a decade ago, I launched The Bloggling Joggler with <a href="http://thejoggler.blogspot.ca/2007/02/welcome-to-drama-pain-heartaches.html" target="_blank">this post</a>, saying:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Welcome to the drama, the pain, the heartaches, the headaches, the
insanity and the joy that is joggling. This blog will track my journey
as I attempt to reclaim the Guinness World Record for 'fastest marathon
(26.2 miles) while juggling three objects,' and any future joggling
feats."</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: large;">I never imagined the joggling hilarity that would ensue for the next 10 years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2007: Zach Warren and I faced off in a joggling duel at the Salt Lake City Marathon. We were featured in a CBC News documentary and the feature documentary, Breaking and Entering, by the amazing Benjamin Fingerhut.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2008: I chased after the joggling 5000m world record, falling just a few seconds short. I joggled the <a href="https://thejoggler.blogspot.ca/2008/12/cayman-islands-marathon.html" target="_blank">Cayman Islands Half-Marathon</a>. I became, I think, the first person to joggle in the Northwest Territories, joggling the first few hundred metres of the <a href="http://thejoggler.blogspot.ca/2008/03/rock-and-ice-ultra.html" target="_blank">Rock and Ice Ultra</a> 135km race near Yellowknife.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2009: I appeared on MTV Canada, joggling onto the stage to the Rocky theme song. I joggled the World's Best 10K in Puerto Rico. I set the half-marathon joggling record of 1:24 in Montreal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2010: The film Breaking and Entering released to rave reviews from Variety and New York Times.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2011: Tried to break the 5000m joggling Guinness World Record of 16:55 again, and missed out again by about 10 seconds. This is a tough one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2012: Joggled the <a href="http://thejoggler.blogspot.ca/2012/03/chilly-half-marathon-official-joggling.html" target="_blank">Chilly Half-Marathon</a> in Burlington with a GoPro on my head. In October, I became the first person to win a marathon while juggling, joggling a 2:59 at the Trapline Marathon in Labrador. Beautiful race course.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2013: I made two attempts at the world record for the joggling 800m (2:12:45) and missed out the first time after a drop and the second time finishing in 2:15.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2014: I set a new Guinness World Record for the joggling half-marathon at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront race, finishing in 1:20:40. I set the unofficial joggling beer mile world record. Late in 2014, I flew to Los Angeles for a three-day TV commercial shoot for Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On my way to the Guinness World Record of 1:20:40 for fastest joggling half-marathon at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront race. Photo: John Chou</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">2015: I planned to run the New York City Marathon while juggling but my beanbags were deemed a security risk. The joggling marathon that wasn't made the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/02/sports/running-while-juggling-is-barred-by-marathon-organizers.html?_r=0" target="_blank">New York Times</a>, Runner's World and Canadian Running.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2016: Sponsored by Fairfield Inn and Suites, I ran the Chicago Marathon while juggling in 2:55:25, without dropping a ball. The story went <a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/13/497824938/man-juggles-for-an-entire-marathon-without-a-single-drop" target="_blank">massively viral </a>and I spent the next few weeks doing interviews every day. Unreal. The video below, shot by Chicago photographer Wendy Alas, was viewed millions of times, on Good Morning America, ESPN, BBC and elsewhere. Earlier in the year, I joggled another beer mile in 8:48, making <a href="http://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/17287083/man-completes-beer-mile-juggling-seriously" target="_blank">ESPN</a> and <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2016/08/11/juggler-beer-mile/" target="_blank">TMZ</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2017: To be continued. Thanks for coming along for the ride. Has anyone out there been reading this thing for the full 10 years?</span><br />
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<br />Michal The Joggler Kapralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07776034699602913226noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386515430967818256.post-53293742383418919862016-12-22T11:08:00.002-05:002016-12-22T11:08:45.799-05:00My Year in Joggling 2016<span style="font-size: large;">It was an epic joggling year. Here are a few highlights from 2016. Lots more in the works for next year.</span><br />
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<br />Michal The Joggler Kapralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07776034699602913226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386515430967818256.post-57365529334438989422016-12-08T10:00:00.001-05:002016-12-08T10:40:05.132-05:00Joggling Commute: Running While Juggling Through Downtown Toronto<span style="font-size: large;">To train for the <a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/13/497824938/man-juggles-for-an-entire-marathon-without-a-single-drop" target="_blank">Chicago Marathon joggle</a> this year, I ran home from work almost every day while joggling. The route is about 8km and slices straight through the heart of downtown Toronto along the very busy Bloor St. starting at University. I joggle east across the Bloor St. Viaduct and then along Danforth Ave. through Greektown, and into East York.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I usually get a lot of funny comments and odd stares, but of course on the day I hooked up the GoPro, I didn't capture any good reactions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As you can see from the video, there's a lot of zigzagging. I always do a variety of tricks during my commute joggle, tossing beanbags against walls, street signs and over hydro wires. All the trick shots, plus dodging and weaving through the crowds of busy Torontontians, really helped me stayed focused during the distractions in Chicago. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Michal The Joggler Kapralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07776034699602913226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386515430967818256.post-79321863319011180792016-11-10T17:22:00.000-05:002016-11-10T17:23:45.354-05:00VIDEO: Life Is a Joggling Act<span style="font-size: large;">I made this video. There's some joggling and some plain old juggling in it. Hope you like it.</span><br />
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Michal The Joggler Kapralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07776034699602913226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386515430967818256.post-51536257588981055622016-11-03T11:12:00.000-05:002016-11-04T15:17:12.859-05:00Quick Summary: No-Drop Sub-3 Chicago Marathon Joggling Coverage<span style="font-size: large;">The numbers are in. Here's a quick media campaign recap of the sub-3-hour no-drop Chicago Marathon juggling-running story:</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Total media impressions: 6.2 squillion*</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Social media shares: 3.7 kajillion</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Video views: 3.3 umptillion</span></b><br />
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*Sponsorship inquiries for 2017 can be sent to joggler1@gmail.com. You won't regret it.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some of the media coverage so far:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">NPR, <a href="http://bbc.in/2f5bgYG" target="_blank">BBC World Service</a>, Good Morning America, <a href="https://twitter.com/i/moments/786516906928775168?lang=en" target="_blank">Twitter Moments</a>, BuzzFeed, <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=http://www.forbes.com/sites/levelup/2016/10/17/juggling-marathons-are-actually-a-thing/&refURL=&referrer=#79cadd819484" target="_blank">Forbes</a>, Yahoo, Apple News, ESPN SportsCenter, UPI News, Storyful, Newser, <a href="http://www.runnersworld.com/chicago-marathon/this-guy-juggled-the-entire-chicago-marathon-without-a-drop" target="_blank">Runner's World</a>, Canadian
Running, International Business Times, LetsRun.com, O2 Magazine, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://444.hu&source=gmail&ust=1477349038173000&usg=AFQjCNEJp86STrNDD3BeDVFiVfVVWI1gLw" href="http://444.hu/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">444.hu</a>, NowThis, iHeart Radio, Allinteresting.com, L.A. Times, Chicago Tribune, Herald Sun, PBS, and many many other foreign-language sites (the Google translations of these made me laugh to the point of tears – future post about this?).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I know you're not supposed to read the comments, but I couldn't resist looking at some of the feedback from the Facebook posts. The <a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/13/497824938/man-juggles-for-an-entire-marathon-without-a-single-drop" target="_blank">NPR story</a> alone had something like 10,000 comments. A lot of people apparently thought it was an Onion article. Many others asked if I could chew gum while doing it (<a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwi5oNf394zQAhVQ92MKHfJdAhQQFggtMAM&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.torontowaterfrontmarathon.com%2Fen%2Fnews%2F2007_10_01.htm&usg=AFQjCNEYvC7puSEnqCzzieyz103htop6MA&sig2=qK3ZZTRgieEfQ2rhFSL7BA" target="_blank">YES</a>). My favourite comments of all were the few that said "No one cares," referring to an article that has 20,000 likes and 6,000 shares. Of all the possible criticisms of a guy running a marathon juggling, this one literally disproves itself. It's like that John Waite song, "Missing You." He's singing "I ain't missing you at all" but you know he really is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of the biggest thrills that will be hard to top was making ESPN SportsCenter's Top 10 Plays. Yeah, I was only No. 8, but I'm not in the NBA, MLB or NFL, so until there's a successful National Joggling League (NJL), I won't crack the top 3.</span><br />
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Michal The Joggler Kapralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07776034699602913226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386515430967818256.post-53293885741535410482016-10-28T14:11:00.002-05:002016-10-28T14:23:30.131-05:00Joggling Video on BBC World Service SportshourI did <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04d0d82" target="_blank">an interview</a> with BBC World Service Sportshour last week. Today they posted <a href="http://bbc.in/2eP74iD" target="_blank">this cool VIDEO</a> segment with some voice-over from the interview.<br />
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It's true – joggling is "mesmerizing" at the start of a marathon and "pure hell" at the end!<br />
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<br />Michal The Joggler Kapralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07776034699602913226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386515430967818256.post-33542715228495418002016-10-12T13:15:00.000-05:002016-11-07T13:57:27.359-05:00Without a Drop: Joggling the Chicago Marathon<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">At the halfway point of the 2016 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, my joggling world record of 2:50:12 was still within my grasp. I glanced over at the clock to see 1:25:24, making sure to keep the tosses and catches in a perfect three-ball cascade. It would be possible run a slight negative split for a sub-2:50, but I could already feel an ache in my legs that I knew would turn into agony in the final miles.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The night before the race, my wife Dianne and I heard Meb Keflezighi speak at the marathon expo. He had a lot of motivating things to say, but I remembered one thing he said about backing off slightly to avoid a massive bonk in the last three miles. I've run 33 marathons and have a good idea what my limits are and I felt I was on course for a crash. I decided to follow Meb's advice and edge off my pace slightly to focus on not falling apart. Finishing a marathon is hard enough. Trying to maintain a 6:29-per-mile pace while juggling is quite another.</span><br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/mkapral">@mkapral</a> is facing his toughest competition: himself. Can he break his world joggling record? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StayAmazing?src=hash">#StayAmazing</a> <a href="https://t.co/z3zgS8NOjB">pic.twitter.com/z3zgS8NOjB</a></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Even though the pace was a little too hot, I felt ecstatic about the first half of the marathon. Joggling a big marathon is always nerve-racking at the start. You're jammed in a big crowd of anxious runners. There's excitement, nerves and usually lots of jostling. And jostling is a joggler's enemy. But I managed to get off to a clean start, running off to the right side of the road. The first mile cruised by with no drops, despite a badly watering left eye that not only caused blurred vision but also double and distorted vision - also a joggler's enemy. I didn't want to stop and wipe my eye since it was still quite crowded, so I just pressed on, trying to blink out a tear to clear it up. The blur continued for miles, and was soon compounded by a torturous itch under my nose. The inability to scratch an itch or wipe an eye is one of the overlooked challenges of marathon joggling. My joggling rival Zach Warren said he once ran the final eight miles of a joggling marathon with a bug in his eye.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">There were other more welcome distractions. Right from the start, the spectators went absolutely berserk as I joggled past. Because of this, I had a huge grin plastered on my face. Sometimes I laughed out loud. There were cries of "There's the juggler!" and "Go juggling guy!" But by far the most common refrain was: "It's the guy from the commercial!" or "Go Fairfield guy!" I literally heard this every 10 or 20 seconds throughout the marathon. Fairfield Inn and Suites had sponsored me to joggle Chicago and I was keen to prove that the "fastest marathon juggler" - as I'm billed in the campaign - was a real person, and that joggling was a real thing.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">My main goal was break my 2:50 record, but I had a somewhat secret secondary goal of joggling a marathon without a drop in under 3 hours. I didn't want to put too much pressure on myself to pull off the feat since it's far too easy to let it slip between your fingertips, especially with the crowds and distractions of a major marathon like Chicago. But when I joggled past 30K still without a drop and still on sub-3-hour pace, I knew I had a shot at my decade-long dream of a drop-less sub-3.</span><br />
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VIDEO by <a href="https://twitter.com/wendyalas">@wendyalas</a>: Running the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChicagoMarathon?src=hash">#ChicagoMarathon</a> while juggling in 2:55 without a drop. Here are 10 catches out of 50,000+ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/joggling?src=hash">#joggling</a> <a href="https://t.co/9W6ypaXouv">pic.twitter.com/9W6ypaXouv</a></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Along the way, I stopped maybe six times to refuel at the aid stations. As long as I come to a complete stop, the official joggling rules allow you to stop juggling as you eat or drink - you just need to be juggling every step of the way forward for the entire 26.2 miles. I drank two cups of Gatorade with each stop and one time ate a gel with two cups of water. I also stopped twice to wipe my watery eyes. I have allergies, so my eyes tend to water a lot. Just my luck.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">At 23 miles, my arms began to hurt badly. I use lightweight joggling beanbags for racing (extra-small size Sportballs by Sport Juggling Company), but after about 45,000 tosses and catches of a 50,000-toss race, the pain kicks in regardless of beanbag weight. My legs were not functioning very well, either. The cardio felt great but I was entering survival mode, just focusing on every stride, every toss, every catch, and every breath. "In the pocket," I told myself over and over, referring to the perfect landing spot for every throw - just in front of the hip, exactly where the open palm of my hand ends up at the front of the arm swing during my running stride.</span><br />
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Eyes on the no-drop joggling marathon prize. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChicagoMarathon?src=hash">#ChicagoMarathon</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/juggling?src=hash">#juggling</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/dontdroptheball?src=hash">#dontdroptheball</a> <a href="https://t.co/kgUgThKbbS">pic.twitter.com/kgUgThKbbS</a></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">A few gusts of wind nearly derailed my no-drop goal. Once I caught an errant ball between thumb for forefinger, mere millimetres off a sure drop. Another time a wind gust blew my pattern out of whack and I joggled wildly for five or six strides trying to get the juggling cascade re-synced with my running. Somehow, I held it together.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">With 400 metres to go, I flew into an absolute panic that I would drop near the finish, as I did when I set the world record in Toronto in 2007. Normally, I look through the balls and just trust my peripheral vision to catch them, but with so much up in the air, I decided to stare at every toss. I told myself repeated, "You cannot drop. There is nothing in the world more important than not dropping a ball right now." It worked. I did manage to smile in the final stretch and crossed the line smiling, elated and drop-less. I yelled a huge "YES!" raising the three beanbags in a triumphal arch above my head. "I can't believe I just did that," I said out loud, to no one.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">It was a 2:55:25 and the fastest joggling marathon ever completed without a drop. Against all odds, the dream had come true.</span><br />
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Guy runs Chicago Marathon in 2:55, never once dropping the balls he was juggling. <a href="https://t.co/ZFv0UiJJdR">https://t.co/ZFv0UiJJdR</a> <a href="https://t.co/ACLLD67cJ8">pic.twitter.com/ACLLD67cJ8</a></div>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/mkapral">@mkapral</a> Congrats on your new personal record for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChicagoMarathon?src=hash">#ChicagoMarathon</a> no-drop joggling! <a href="https://t.co/KUeRoBj7fN">pic.twitter.com/KUeRoBj7fN</a></div>
— Bank of America (@BankofAmerica) <a href="https://twitter.com/BankofAmerica/status/785186953654366208">October 9, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<b>TORONTO – SEPTEMBER
29, 2016 –</b> Michal “The Joggler” Kapral of Toronto, Canada, will toss and
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Kapral, 44, took up the niche sport of “joggling” (jogging
while juggling) in 2005, when he first set the Guinness World Record for the
joggling marathon in Toronto as a stunt to raise money for charity. He quickly
became addicted to the harmony between the cascade juggling pattern and the
running stride, and spent the next three years in a back-and-forth battle for
marathon joggling title with American rival Zach Warren. Kapral eventually set
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Kapral’s joggling feats recently earned him a role as
himself, billed as the “fastest marathon juggler,” in the currently running national
TV commercial for Fairfield Inn and Suites by Marriott. Fairfield is sponsoring
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“A lot of people who saw the commercial just can’t believe
that running a marathon while juggling is a real thing, or that there is any
competition,” Kapral says. “I look forward to showcasing this weird and awesome
sport in Chicago – and hopefully setting a world record as well.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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To break his 2007 record, Kapral will have to run every step
of the 26.2-mile race while simultaneously juggling three beanbags every step
of the way at a pace of under 6 minutes and 30 seconds per mile, or more than
eight consecutive 20-minute 5Ks. The race will involve more than 50,000 tosses
and catches. If Kapral drops a ball, the official rules say he must return to
behind the drop point before continuing. He also needs to come to a complete
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“I’ve done a bunch of drop-free long training runs, so I’m
ready to joggle up a storm in one of the world’s greatest marathons,” Kapral
says. “But my main goal is to get people smiling and maybe inspire them to look
at the world in a different way and do something out of the ordinary.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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A father of two daughters, and a writer for a government health
agency in Toronto, Kapral calls joggling “the perfect metaphor for life.” To
push the multitasking up another notch, Kapral also plans to chew gum
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To other marathon runners who might be peeved that he is
running while juggling at or faster than their pace, Kapral says: “Don’t worry,
I’m probably hurting more than you are. In the last miles of a joggling
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Kapral won’t be the only joggler in Chicago. Local joggling
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Chicago will be Kapral’s eighth joggling marathon and his 33rd marathon in total.
He has a non-juggling marathon best time of 2 hours 30 minutes and 40 seconds,
when he won the Toronto Marathon in 2002. He also holds the Guinness World
Record for fastest joggling half-marathon in 1 hour 20 minutes and 40 seconds,
set in 2014, and the fasting joggling 10K in 36 minutes and 27 seconds, from
2008. In 2004, Kapral set his first Guinness World Record, for fastest marathon
pushing a stroller, in 2 hours 49 minutes and 47 seconds, with his then one-year-old daughter Annika in tow. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Kapral chronicles his joggling experiences on his blog, The
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I'll be staying at a Fairfield in Chicago in a couple of weeks for a certain 26.2-mile running event, hoping to prove the fact that I'm "pretty much guaranteed to never drop the ball," and to demonstrate convincingly that "marathon juggling" is a real thing. More on this soon.<br />
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Michal The Joggler Kapralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07776034699602913226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386515430967818256.post-70627925976854264632016-08-12T09:01:00.003-05:002016-08-22T14:07:15.244-05:00Joggling Beer Mile in 8:48.77<br />
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"Choggling" – it's a thing: I smashed my joggling beer mile PB by more than 2 minutes on August 10 at the Toronto Classico Beer Mile, running, juggling and chugging my way to an 8:48.77 finish.<br />
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ESPN's <a href="https://twitter.com/darrenrovell" target="_blank">Darren Rovell</a> tweeted the story to his 1.47 million followers.<br />
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And then – OMG!!! – I made it on <a href="http://tmz.com/">TMZ.com</a> with the awesome headline "<a href="http://www.tmz.com/2016/08/11/juggler-beer-mile/" target="_blank">Beer Mile Racer Busted for JWI (Juggling While Intoxicated</a>."<br />
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I wrote up a story <a href="http://runningmagazine.ca/what-its-like-to-choggle/" target="_blank">HERE</a> about the "choggling" race for Canadian Running's website. Short version: I had a bad bottle opener, I really need to work on my chugging, and it's really hard to run while juggling and burping. </div>
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Next time, I might try juggling three in one hand as I chug the beer.</div>
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Michal The Joggler Kapralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07776034699602913226noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386515430967818256.post-50930414799215380052016-07-22T14:11:00.003-05:002016-09-22T11:31:46.121-05:00Joggling on French-Language TV in Amazing TFO Canada SegmentThis video shoot I did for TFO Canada's "24/7" show features some of the best joggling footage ever recorded. It took more than eight hours to film in several cool locations around Toronto. The directing, photography and video editing are excellent. My French, not so much. You can also watch it on TFO's website <a href="http://www.tfo.org/fr/univers/tfo-247/100705280/michal-kapral-marathonien-jongleur" target="_blank">HERE</a>. Enjoy.<br />
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Michal The Joggler Kapralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07776034699602913226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386515430967818256.post-56468752480945800552016-05-13T13:29:00.001-05:002016-05-13T13:29:11.496-05:00Joggling Next to Drake (Again!) in Metro NewsI finally got around to submitting the paperwork for my 2014 Guinness World Record for fastest <a href="http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/79673-fastest-half-marathon-joggling-with-three-objects-male" target="_blank">joggling half-marathon</a>, including a couple of awesome photos from Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Half-Marathon staff. Here's hoping one of them makes it into the book. A few weeks after I sent through my official claim, the certificate arrived in the mail from London.<br />
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My daughter snapped a shot of me holding the certificate, which I posted on Twitter, and a few hours later, Metro News picked up <a href="http://www.metronews.ca/news/toronto/2016/04/05/toronto-marathon-joggling-guinness-world-record.html" target="_blank">the story</a>.<br />
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I usually take the subway to work and joggle home, and the next day, on my subway ride, I opened Metro to find my own ugly mug smiling back at me.<br />
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This marks the second time that I have appeared in print next to Drake. Here's the first time, in Toronto Life's Eco Meter.<br />
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What does this mean? Maybe it's a sign that I need to run up the CN Tower while juggling and then joggle around on the ledge at the top, as Drake looks on from his perch? #joggling #VIEWS<br />
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