Most people in reasonably good shape COULD "complete" a Triathlon (not necessarily in competitive time). 40K on a bicycle is nothing, so it's really the swim and the run that you have to worry about.
I think most people in reasonably good shape COULD NOT complete a marathon without intensive training.
I think most people in reasonably good shape COULD NOT complete a marathon without intensive training.
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Juggling and running are two activities that don’t usually have much in common. For Will Howard of Marietta, GA they are the perfect combination of his two favorite sports. On Saturday Feb. 1, 2003 he broke the world record for joggling a mile with a time of 4 minutes and 42.36 seconds.
Jogging while juggling = JOGGLING
Joggling became a recognized sport in the early 1980’s when the first races were held at the International Jugglers Association’s annual festivals. The previous mile world record of 4:43.8 was set in San Jose, CA by Kirk Swenson in July 1986.
Will is a senior at the University of GA studying business and finance. He is a member of the UGA track team. He has been juggling since he was five years old and running track since he was ten years old. He ran his first joggling race in 1991 in St. Louis taking first place in the Junior’s 400 meters race with a time of 1:46.13. He was a member of a 4x400 meter joggling relay team last September at Davidson, NC. They also set a joggling world record with a time of 4:28.17.
The recent mile joggling race was organized by the International Sport Juggling Federation (I.S.J.F.) and run at Grady High School in Atlanta, GA. It was in conjunction with the Groundhog Day Jugglers Festival put on by the Atlanta Jugglers Association.
Albert Lucas, founder of the I.S.J.F., helped set up the race for the mile record attempt. Bill Giduz from Davidson, NC was in charge of the race and the official starter. Official timers were Don Lewis of Montreal (Quebec, Canada), Ron Anglin of Barnesville, GA, and Dwayne Alvis of McDonough, GA. Basil Campbell gave Will his split times on the back side of the track. Wallace Howard, Carlos Nieves, Ray Stern, and Dan Howard videotaped the event for confirmation to the Guinness Book of World Records.
When asked about his run, Will said it was a tale of two sides of the track. The back side had a cold headwind and no spectators in the stands, only the timer giving him split times. As he rounded the turn and came to the front side of the track each time he was cheered on by the crowds and better winds. He said he was counting the number of times he had to go past that cold side of the track and glad when he had passed it for the last time.
Will said he wasn’t sure that he had broken the world record until the timers announced their stopwatch readings and the crowd cheered. He said that all his juggling friends in the stands helped him beat the windy conditions and inspire him to victory. He runs a 4:12 mile (without juggling) and hopes to run the joggling mile again soon and improve his time with more favorable track conditions. He runs his joggling races using red 4-oz. Exerballs which are designed specifically for joggling.
Juggling and running are two activities that don’t usually have much in common. For Will Howard of Marietta, GA they are the perfect combination of his two favorite sports. On Saturday Feb. 1, 2003 he broke the world record for joggling a mile with a time of 4 minutes and 42.36 seconds.
Jogging while juggling = JOGGLING
Joggling became a recognized sport in the early 1980’s when the first races were held at the International Jugglers Association’s annual festivals. The previous mile world record of 4:43.8 was set in San Jose, CA by Kirk Swenson in July 1986.
Will is a senior at the University of GA studying business and finance. He is a member of the UGA track team. He has been juggling since he was five years old and running track since he was ten years old. He ran his first joggling race in 1991 in St. Louis taking first place in the Junior’s 400 meters race with a time of 1:46.13. He was a member of a 4x400 meter joggling relay team last September at Davidson, NC. They also set a joggling world record with a time of 4:28.17.
The recent mile joggling race was organized by the International Sport Juggling Federation (I.S.J.F.) and run at Grady High School in Atlanta, GA. It was in conjunction with the Groundhog Day Jugglers Festival put on by the Atlanta Jugglers Association.
Albert Lucas, founder of the I.S.J.F., helped set up the race for the mile record attempt. Bill Giduz from Davidson, NC was in charge of the race and the official starter. Official timers were Don Lewis of Montreal (Quebec, Canada), Ron Anglin of Barnesville, GA, and Dwayne Alvis of McDonough, GA. Basil Campbell gave Will his split times on the back side of the track. Wallace Howard, Carlos Nieves, Ray Stern, and Dan Howard videotaped the event for confirmation to the Guinness Book of World Records.
When asked about his run, Will said it was a tale of two sides of the track. The back side had a cold headwind and no spectators in the stands, only the timer giving him split times. As he rounded the turn and came to the front side of the track each time he was cheered on by the crowds and better winds. He said he was counting the number of times he had to go past that cold side of the track and glad when he had passed it for the last time.
Will said he wasn’t sure that he had broken the world record until the timers announced their stopwatch readings and the crowd cheered. He said that all his juggling friends in the stands helped him beat the windy conditions and inspire him to victory. He runs a 4:12 mile (without juggling) and hopes to run the joggling mile again soon and improve his time with more favorable track conditions. He runs his joggling races using red 4-oz. Exerballs which are designed specifically for joggling.
I would have to say the marathon. I can do the triathalon but would be on all fours puking my guts out well before the 20-mile mark of a marathon.
Distance swimming is very acheivable; just like distance running it's about learning to use your mind as much as your muscles and learning to train your body to take advantage of the physics involved.
Best distance running book out there: Chi Running by Danny Dreyer. I am a T'ai Chi practitioner and found the concept interesting (applying the physical principles of the art to running) although I was skeptical. However, my running ability literally more than tripled, going from running 3 miles at 7:30-8:00 per and feeling like I'd been hit by a truck afterwards, to running 10 miles at just under 9:00 per and feeling more energised afterward than when I started.
Dreyer runs ultramarathon races (up to 100 miles) so I figured if I was going to get a book on running I'd get one written by some lunatic who runs that far despite the fact that there is nothing chasing him.
Phaedrus
Distance swimming is very acheivable; just like distance running it's about learning to use your mind as much as your muscles and learning to train your body to take advantage of the physics involved.
Best distance running book out there: Chi Running by Danny Dreyer. I am a T'ai Chi practitioner and found the concept interesting (applying the physical principles of the art to running) although I was skeptical. However, my running ability literally more than tripled, going from running 3 miles at 7:30-8:00 per and feeling like I'd been hit by a truck afterwards, to running 10 miles at just under 9:00 per and feeling more energised afterward than when I started.
Dreyer runs ultramarathon races (up to 100 miles) so I figured if I was going to get a book on running I'd get one written by some lunatic who runs that far despite the fact that there is nothing chasing him.
Phaedrus
I ran into a ballsy marathon many years ago. My mother and I were in Denver for a few days and she always wanted to go to Pikes Peak. So we drive down a couple hours and then take the Pikes Peak Highway to the top. This was a major climb because down in Manitou Springs, near the base of the mountain it was 93 degrees. We got to the top of the Peak and there is a station up there where it was windy and about 45 degrees; needless to say we didn't pack a jacket. Anyways there are all these guys stumbling up the side of the hill and I am thinking what the hell is going on? Turns out it is the day of the Pikes Peak Marathon. Imagine you start out at 6,000 feet and in sweltering heat, tough enough as it is, then you run up about 13 miles of trails climbing about 8,000 feet in the process. At 14,000 feet a lot of people can pass out from lack of oxygen, especially if they do it too quickly and here are people that are running, then they while gassed from the first half, they have to run down the hill back to the original 6,000 feet finish line. The winner of the race does it in just under 4 hours. Incredible stuff. Maybe the 100 mile run is tougher, but this race still has to impress anyone who has been up at altitude and knows how hard something as going up stairs can be.
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GAMEFACE said:
He said he was fine until the 4th marathon in Singapore... he said the humidity there nearly killed him and he wanted to stop badly.
Instead though...he ran 3 more of them LOL. That same guy also cut off his own finger tips (with a saw in his workshop) when they were hurting him from frostbite. I got to pick up a few of that guys books...
