Joe Salter runs marathons. He also juggles. At the same time.

So, if you’re running in the Pensacola Marathon on Sunday or if you’re watching: You’re not hallucinating. You don’t need that extra splash of water.

As if running the 26.2 miles won’t be challenge enough, Salter will be upping the ante this weekend — taking on the marathon course while juggling three balls.

Just add a new word to your vocabulary: joggling, a sport which, if nothing else, turns heads.

“It’s one of two things: You either get a real nice comment or gesture or you get a look of confusion, a ‘Did I just see that?’ look,” said Salter, 28, who works as a children’s mental health counselor at Lakeview Center in Pensacola.

“I’m kind of used to it. They are always shocked to see me.”

Salter was a juggler first. His father first taught him at age 8, and he worked up to juggling six balls simultaneously.

Then came basketball. He was good enough to be a...