Running Mania

Did anyone see the guy juggling and running a marathon at the same time?
And to finish around 3 hours is amazing.

There were two of them. Saw them both during the race.

BJH wrote:There were two of them. Saw them both during the race.

Must have been a head to head challenge.

yup! I only saw the one in the blue shirt....

there was an article about them in a newspaper thing that we got - apparently the guy with the red balls had a problem right at the beginning of boston when he got stuck behind a guy in a red shirt - and couldn't see his balls!!

I saw The Joggler on Lakeshore. He's certainly a unique and remarkable athlete!

He was also at Longboat. I am not sure what his time was there, but I am sure it was FAST!

I saw him.

And I heard the TO guy (N... something) interviewed on CBC radio today. If there WAS a second one, it wasn't Zach the record holding joggler guy from the States.

They had a head to head at Boston, where the American set the record at 2:58 and change.

Our TO Joggler beat that yesterday.

Zach e-mailed suggesting a rematch.....

There was an article in the Journal today about that... apparently he set a world record yesterday. Sub 3 while juggling... that's incredible!

Irongirl wrote:yup! I only saw the one in the blue shirt....

there was an article about them in a newspaper thing that we got - apparently the guy with the red balls had a problem right at the beginning of boston when he got stuck behind a guy in a red shirt - and couldn't see his balls!!

I don't even know where to start....

Michal Kapral is the Toronto Joggler -- he was going head to head with a young man from Chicago (Google: Zach Warren), who beat his Scotiabank record last spring at Boston. Michal took the record back on Sunday.

We got to see both during the race -- I was surprised actually at (i) how far ahead Michal was, and (ii) what a big guy Zach is. Michal is small and slim, Zach is bulkier and powerful-looking.

It was a treat to see them both. We picked a great spot to cheer, at just the right time. There were some incredible athletes out there on Sunday.

Marvin Martian wrote:

Irongirl wrote:yup! I only saw the one in the blue shirt....

there was an article about them in a newspaper thing that we got - apparently the guy with the red balls had a problem right at the beginning of boston when he got stuck behind a guy in a red shirt - and couldn't see his balls!!

I don't even know where to start....

The other joggler had blue balls.

Does that help?

BJH wrote:

Marvin Martian wrote:

Irongirl wrote:yup! I only saw the one in the blue shirt....

there was an article about them in a newspaper thing that we got - apparently the guy with the red balls had a problem right at the beginning of boston when he got stuck behind a guy in a red shirt - and couldn't see his balls!!

I don't even know where to start....

The other joggler had blue balls.

Does that help?

Oh Yeah that helps!! A lot!!! :twisted:

BaldGuy wrote:Michal Kapral is the Toronto Joggler -- he was going head to head with a young man from Chicago (Google: Zach Warren), who beat his Scotiabank record last spring at Boston. Michal took the record back on Sunday.

We got to see both during the race -- I was surprised actually at (i) how far ahead Michal was, and (ii) what a big guy Zach is. Michal is small and slim, Zach is bulkier and powerful-looking.

It was a treat to see them both. We picked a great spot to cheer, at just the right time. There were some incredible athletes out there on Sunday.

Thanks for the clarifications! Apparently, I didn't listen too well to the interview!!

Heather, considering this is how he did the interview after the race, maybe it wasn't you who was confused:



Here he is en route:



I haven't seen any photos of the other "joggler".

I saw them both and have to agree with BG. I couldn't believe how big the "other" joggler was compared to Michael Kapral.

I saw Kapral twice. Didn't see the other.

As I understood it, and according to this article on the website, Heather is right: the other joggler wasn't Zach Warren (the man he went head-to-head with at Boston), it was Perry Romanowski of Chicago. (I also checked the results, and Zach Warren isn't listed, Perry is)

I got to see them both! Cooool!

deerdree wrote:As I understood it, and according to this article on the website, Heather is right: the other joggler wasn't Zach Warren (the man he went head-to-head with at Boston), it was Perry Romanowski of Chicago. (I also checked the results, and Zach Warren isn't listed, Perry is)

I got to see them both! Cooool!

You win, then! My bad.

I got to see Kapral on the course... I think I almost tripped myself because I was watching him so intently...

He was also at the finish line being interviewed when I came across... there were microphones and cameras EVERYWHERE!

BaldGuy wrote:

deerdree wrote:As I understood it, and according to this article on the website, Heather is right: the other joggler wasn't Zach Warren (the man he went head-to-head with at Boston), it was Perry Romanowski of Chicago. (I also checked the results, and Zach Warren isn't listed, Perry is)

I got to see them both! Cooool!

You win, then! My bad.

Well, I had the jogglers straight, but I pointed out the wrong George Smitherman... like, 17 times... the "I am George" t-shirts threw me off!!

deerdree wrote:Well, I had the jogglers straight, but I pointed out the wrong George Smitherman... like, 17 times... the "I am George" t-shirts threw me off!!

About those I am George t-shirts...they were ORANGE... I kept thinking it was another Maniac coming.

I saw the same one as IG. It was cool to see him!

I only saw the guy with the blue shirt on one of the switchback before the Beaches.

how do they drink any water? anyone know the rules for dropped balls?!

Irongirl wrote:how do they drink any water? anyone know the rules for dropped balls?!

good question!