Three days away from the marathon. Questions on my mind:
1. Will this be my last joggling marathon?
2. Will I sleep in on marathon morning and miss the start of the race?
3. How much does 1,300 metres of altitude affect a joggling marathon record attempt?
4. Will I finally beat Zach in a head-to-head joggling duel?
5. Will I drop a ball at the start of the race?
6. Will I do something embarrassing that will be immortalized in a documentary film and on national Canadian TV?
7. Is marathon joggling inherently embarrassing or heroic?
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Four days to go
Today's joggling plan: 6 miles home from work (4 miles at marathon pace)
Yesterday I did an interview with the Salt Lake Tribune. The story should be appearing in Friday's paper. The reporter also interviewed Zach and the race director, Scott Kerr.
Conditions for race day look excellent for a record-breaking joggle: High of 10C, cloudy, 30% chance of showers.
Things should be interesting on the race course. The documentary film crew will have two golf carts covering the joggle-off, and CBC TV is planning to use a motorcycle.
Here's the race video from last year's Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon. The Joggler makes two appearances at 2:48 and 0:37.
Yesterday I did an interview with the Salt Lake Tribune. The story should be appearing in Friday's paper. The reporter also interviewed Zach and the race director, Scott Kerr.
Conditions for race day look excellent for a record-breaking joggle: High of 10C, cloudy, 30% chance of showers.
Things should be interesting on the race course. The documentary film crew will have two golf carts covering the joggle-off, and CBC TV is planning to use a motorcycle.
Here's the race video from last year's Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon. The Joggler makes two appearances at 2:48 and 0:37.
Monday, April 16, 2007
Poor joggling weather at Boston Marathon
I'm very happy that Zach and I agreed not to race the Boston Marathon again this year. Running conditions are atrocious – wind and rain storms – and joggling in this weather would have been suicide.
My weekend was busy with some family fun, and filming with Benjamin from Chump Change Productions. My interview yesterday for the documentary was much better than the one with Evan Solomon because my cold was gone and my allergies were under control.
Good luck to all of my Longboat Roadrunners and RunningMania.com friends who are battling the elements in Beantown.
My weekend was busy with some family fun, and filming with Benjamin from Chump Change Productions. My interview yesterday for the documentary was much better than the one with Evan Solomon because my cold was gone and my allergies were under control.
Good luck to all of my Longboat Roadrunners and RunningMania.com friends who are battling the elements in Beantown.
Friday, April 13, 2007
Friday ... feeling good
It's Friday and I'm feeling fine.
Benjamin, the documentary filmmaker from Chump Change Productions, is going to be shooting some footage of me joggling home through downtown Toronto.
Check out the joggling duel poster (above) that Perry Romanowski put together. Classic!
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Flashing seven
Last night I flashed seven.
No it's not what you think. I did not expose myself to seven people. In juggling terms, flashing seven simply means that you throw seven balls up in the air in a cascade pattern, then catch all them. Seven tosses and seven catches. And today I managed to complete 12 catches of seven. This left me only two catches away from a "qualify", which is a full run of twice the number of objects you are juggling.
Alright, so some people can comfortably juggle seven balls for several minutes, but this was a big achievement for me. I was also just happy to be juggling at all, after taking off more than a week with that neck injury.
Today's shoot and sit-down interview with Evan Solomon from CBC News: Sunday was the most fun I've had doing a media interview. Let me just say that I think Evan may be the second-fastest joggler in Toronto.
No it's not what you think. I did not expose myself to seven people. In juggling terms, flashing seven simply means that you throw seven balls up in the air in a cascade pattern, then catch all them. Seven tosses and seven catches. And today I managed to complete 12 catches of seven. This left me only two catches away from a "qualify", which is a full run of twice the number of objects you are juggling.
Alright, so some people can comfortably juggle seven balls for several minutes, but this was a big achievement for me. I was also just happy to be juggling at all, after taking off more than a week with that neck injury.
Today's shoot and sit-down interview with Evan Solomon from CBC News: Sunday was the most fun I've had doing a media interview. Let me just say that I think Evan may be the second-fastest joggler in Toronto.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Joggling for childhood cancer research
My back's back!
After eight days of no running or joggling because of an upper back/neck injury, I hit the road yesterday for a six-mile jaunt home from work. I had no pain and was even able to do some tricks, ignoring warning from my physiotherapist not to do any joggling tricks or five-ball juggling (because the higher tosses force you to look up and crane the neck back).
CBC News: Sunday is filming tomorrow and documentary crew is here on Thursday through the weekend, so it looks like I healed just in time.
I recently set up a link to make online donations to a great charity that I've been raising money for these past few years. It's called A Run For Liane, and all donations go 100% toward childhood cancer research at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.
At last year's team meeting for this charity, we were told about some amazing advances in research that have been made in recent years, so to those of you who have donated in the past. your generosity is truly making a difference.
Any donations are greatly appreciated. To make a secure, online, tax deductible contribution, click HERE.
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