Four days and 34 miles
Perhaps it's small potatoes for the likes of Dean Karnazes or Sam Thompson but I've got to get 34 joggling miles in before the end of the year to make my 1500 mile goal. I've been slacking a bit the…
Ten foods that will improve your running and joggling
Here is a recent study by researchers at Oregon State University that suggests a B-vitamin deficiency can result in lowered athletic performance. B-vitamins like B-6, B-12 and folate are involved in your body's conversion of proteins and sugars into energy.…
Dashing to the end of the year
Running and joggling has been hard the last few days. Today is Christmas Eve so there are 8 more running days until 2007. This morning was a 6.8 mile joggle to the lake following this path... To the Lake and…
How far have you run this year?
I just looked at the spreadsheet in which I keep all my running, juggling and joggling stats and goals. You do write down all your runs right? To date, I have run 1437 miles which beats my goal of 1400…
Blog book tagging – What are you reading?
It's a little game played in the blogsphere where you tag another blogger. Well, arcaner just tagged this joggler, so here goes. According to the 'tag' I'm supposed to do the following. 1. Find the nearest book. 2. Name the…
Satisfy your juggling fix today
Some juggling inspiration for you today. It's 7 minutes long but there is something hypnotic and inspiring about it.
Should you eat before you run
Since their website is unbearably slow to load, I'll quote a recent Runner's World tip that I saw. Wait for about two hours after a meal before running. You can probably run 90 minutes after a light, high-carb meal, while…
Gift ideas for your favorite joggler
The good folks over at Complete Running have put together a list of 25 gift ideas for a runner (or joggler). I think the following are pretty good. 1. Body Glide: We wrote about this in a previous chafing post.…
4 things to enlighten your dark runs
Did you know that the Earth is closest to the Sun in January? This seems strange to a guy from Chicago because it's so dark and cold in January. Then I remember that seasons are more related to the tilt…
A new joggling wine discovered
For Thanksgiving my wife and I drove to Maryland to visit her grandfather and other relatives. A fabulous trip even though we drove (about 14 hours one way). I'm a fan of long driving trips and we played a number…