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Postby Tred Miller » Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:45 pm

Did anyone see the guy juggling and running a marathon at the same time?
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Postby BJH » Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:47 pm

There were two of them. ;) Saw them both during the race.
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Postby Tred Miller » Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:51 pm

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


Must have been a head to head challenge.
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Postby Irongirl » Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:52 pm

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!! :lol:
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Postby dgrant » Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:58 pm

I saw The Joggler on Lakeshore. He's certainly a unique and remarkable athlete! :shock:
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Postby runjanerun » Mon Sep 25, 2006 9:02 pm

He was also at Longboat. I am not sure what his time was there, but I am sure it was FAST!
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Postby bruyere » Mon Sep 25, 2006 9:04 pm

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.....
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Postby ultraslacker » Mon Sep 25, 2006 10:07 pm

There was an article in the Journal today about that... apparently he set a world record yesterday. Sub 3 while juggling... that's incredible!
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Postby Marvin Martian » Mon Sep 25, 2006 10:19 pm

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!! :lol:


I don't even know where to start....
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Postby BaldGuy » Tue Sep 26, 2006 4:30 am

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.
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Postby BJH » Tue Sep 26, 2006 4:34 am

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!! :lol:


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


The other joggler had blue balls.

Does that help? ;)
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Postby tortoise » Tue Sep 26, 2006 4:52 am

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!! :lol:


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


The other joggler had blue balls.

Does that help? ;)



Oh Yeah that helps!! A lot!!! :twisted:
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Postby bruyere » Tue Sep 26, 2006 5:04 am

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!! :P
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Postby La » Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:16 am

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

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Here he is en route:

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I haven't seen any photos of the other "joggler".
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Postby lovethehills » Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:21 am

I saw them both and have to agree with BG. I couldn't believe how big the "other" joggler was compared to Michael Kapral.
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Postby Ed Fizz » Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:26 am

I saw Kapral twice. Didn't see the other.
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Postby deerdree » Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:51 am

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!
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Postby BaldGuy » Tue Sep 26, 2006 7:10 am

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.
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Postby MINI-T » Tue Sep 26, 2006 7:50 am

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! 8)
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Postby deerdree » Tue Sep 26, 2006 7:56 am

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... :oops: the "I am George" t-shirts threw me off!!
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Postby a_beacher » Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:26 pm

deerdree wrote:Well, I had the jogglers straight, but I pointed out the wrong George Smitherman... like, 17 times... :oops: 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. :evil:
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Postby RA » Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:32 pm

I saw the same one as IG. It was cool to see him!
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Postby ChrisL » Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:37 pm

I only saw the guy with the blue shirt on one of the switchback before the Beaches.
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Postby Irongirl » Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:07 pm

how do they drink any water? anyone know the rules for dropped balls?!
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Postby braveheart » Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:11 pm

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


good question!
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