You may not have heard of it, but “Joggling” is the combination of jogging and juggling, joggling.  Seems easy enough if you know how to run and know how to juggle, however that is where the comparison ends.  You don’t realize how hard it is to keep a steady focus on the balls in the air and the pot hole you’re avoiding stepping into.

The site that I first heard about Joggling is written by Perry Romanowski and is intriguing, unlike Ghosts of the Abyss (which is tried to watch last night), because of the uniqueness (yes, it’s a word) of the sport.  I thought I’d share a few of Perry’s posts that I liked.  If you need to see what joggling looks like, Perry has some great videos.

If you know me, exercise is NOT my idea of fun, but yesterday afternoon I went for a jog (not with juggling balls, running is hard enough for me).  I managed to run without stopping for about 5 minutes at a quick pace.  I expect that was almost 1 mile.  10 years ago I could run a mile in the low 6 minute area.  I love the views at Woodward park in Fresno, so I might recommend running in Woodward Park Fresno if you must. Today my legs hurt, I don’t know if I would recommend anyone else try running, or joggling ever again!  For those of your that are stubborn check out these posts about Joggling by Perry.

Perry recommends that you don’t drop your juggling balls in Exxon-Valdez like black goo.  I don’t think it needs to be said that black goo should be avoided at just about all costs.  I also avoid that black goo called coffee.  Think about this, it goes it black, but comes out lighter colors.  Where does all that black go?

If you insist on joggling around Fresno, you’re definitely going to get questions.  When people ask silly questions like “Have you dropped one?” you can answer with these great responses.  My favorite is definitely, “On one of those rare occasions that you drop in front of spectators, while you pick up the balls look at one of them and say, ‘Now see what you did!? You gave me stage fright!’”

By the way, if you think Joggling is weird or strange, you’re not alone.

So if you see a fellow joggler in Fresno, recognize that you have a very unique talent in common and buy them lunch!

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