Just recently whilst running and tossing a few balled-up socks in the air I discovered joggling, a combination sport of jogging whilst juggling.
My first joggle was along the rubber track at the sports and recreation centre oval in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, using old socks, which I added weight to over the following days by stuffing them with rice wrapped in gladwrap. Juggling adds zest to plain old jogging and jogging adds energy and rhythm to the repetitive excercises necessary to improving tecnique. It is a perfect combination.
I thought that I had invented the sport , and wanted to write to the Beijing government to suggest it as a new event for their coming Olympics (Chinese acrobats are talented jugglers), but googled it when I got home just to check. I should have guessed that the Americans had been already been joggling for years, with a world Championship Joggling Race staged annually since 1980. Even the native American tribe were jogglers according to Wikipedia. Owen Morse is the current record holder for the 100 meter joggle (maybe that’s a spriggle),set in 1988 at 11.98 seconds.
Though I am not the father of the sport, I will continue to joggle and practice the 100 meter spriggle. Beijing is still two years away. I’ll keep you posted.
