The New York Marathon will be run on Sunday, November 4th. Sara Beck of the NYTimes writes about a unique entry - a 67 year old psychiatrist who will be juggling three "beanbag" type balls as he runs. Since he is both a jogger and a juggler - hence the description "joggler". He will be among the 47,000 participants vying for elbow space as they course over the Verrazano Bridge. Some jogglers have been known to balance five balls - but clubs or bowling pins are awkward and knives are discouraged. Also discouraged are those normal struggling runners who find the joggler running ahead of them. Our joggler does not plan to set any records and expect that his "time" will be much slower than that of a certain V.P. candidate.
tjs
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New word: joggler. I hadn't heard that before. Seems to me that running a marathon is difficult enough without the extra task!
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