As an elite joggler — that is, someone who runs while juggling a trio of balls in the air — Michal Kapral of Canada is used to doing things the hard way. But at this year’s New York City Marathon, that will mean settling for an ordinary 26.2 miles, empty-handed. Marathon organizers have banned joggling from the course, ruling that millet-filled beanbags like Kapral’s count as “Prohibited Items.”
Kapral, a 43-year-old editor at a healthcare group in Toronto, had hoped this year to improve on his world-record joggling time of 2 hours 50 minutes 12 seconds — an impressive feat even for a serious runner who doesn’t bother juggling on the course.