Video journalist Chris So also put together this nifty clip: Another version of the piece also appeared in Metro. Toronto Star reporter Katrina Clarke did a great job with this story on my joggling Guinness World Record attempt for the half-marathon at tomorrow's Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon. Thanks to everyone who has donated so far. P2P Canada is doing inspiring work, and your money will go a long way toward helping these kids in need. Number of dollars People to People Canada is hoping to raise in this event to help AIDS orphans in Ethiopia: DONATION LINK.įirst off, please consider donating (any small amount will help) to my fundraising campaign for AIDS orphans in Ethiopia. Number of Guinness World Records I've set at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon races Number of years since I set my first Guinness World Record for fastest marathon pushing a baby in a stroller Number of times I questioned my sanity during the race My previous best half-marathon joggling time, set in Montreal in 2009Īpproximate number of times I said to myself "Don't stop, don't drop" during the raceĪpproximate number of times I actually said the previous phrase out loud Number of half-marathons I've completed while juggling Number of those kilometres per week I joggled Number of kilometres per week I ran to train for the record Times I swore very loudly after dropping the ball I tried to capture the experience with the some numbers. It takes a lot of focus to run a half-marathon as fast as you can while simultaneously juggling three beanbags. Through People to People Canada for AIDS orphans in Ethiopia. It's not too late to donate! Help me reach my goal to raise $1,000 It's absurd, funny and painful, but most definitely a thing. So yeah, I can vouch for marathon juggling (and half-marathon, 10km, etc.) being a thing. It actually hurts my brain just to watch that footage again, because it's really quite astonishingly painful to run at a 3:50/km (6:09/mile) pace while trying to keep that cascade spinning around and not dropping a ball. A thing! It cracks me up to no end hearing Tim Hutchings, probably the best running commentator in the business, narrating my joggling, along with 2:28 marathoner Krista DuChene and Canadian Running editor-in-chief Michael Doyle.
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The race's live YouTube coverage picked me up at about the 16km mark and did a full colour commentary of the joggling record attempt as if it were a real sport. Our team raised nearly $40,000 for AIDS orphans in Ethiopia. A huge thank-you to everyone who donated to People to People Canada. If you look down the list of joggling records, there are no easy ones, and the 1:20:40 half-marathon was no exception. 'This is really a thing?' I thought to myself at the time.įast-forward almost 10 years and here I am setting the new half-marathon joggling Guinness World Record at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon. I had set the Guinness record for the "fastest marathon whilst juggling three objects" as a charity stunt, but quickly discovered that there was a worldwide community of competitive and recreational jogglers out there, who had being doing this for decades.
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Since the launch of the Fairfleld Inn and Suites #StayAmazing TV commercial, I keep reading on Twitter: "Marathon juggler? That's a thing?" That was actually my reaction in 2005.
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