Our New Running Stroller and Race
After a lot of research and trying a bunch strollers at the stores we finally pulled the trigger on the BOB Revolution Duallie Stroller on Wednesday and it arrived on Saturday. I’m always amazed when Amazon says 5-9 days delivery and it show up in 2 days, be weary of paying for shipping if you qualify for super saver free shipping.
Of course it was sitting on the porch awaiting our return after a long walk with the kids, bummer. No biggie though, we took it out for it’s inaugural run bright and early this morning with the kids. Here was the path we took:
We did some simple intervals and started getting our feet ready for some dedicated running. For me it was also time spent getting my feet used to running in my Vibram Five Fingers again. My feet felt pretty good and I might have been able to go a bit further but I was starting to feel it in the ball of my foot. I tried to stay focused on form, landing, and tempo which really helped.
Here’s a fun shot of me and the kids with the new stroller. As you can see we opted for the red stroller instead of the blue one. The blue stroller was like a two month wait and to be honest the red/orange one is much safer in the early morning light and will be cooler on hot days.
Overall we really like the new stroller a lot. The unpacking was really easy and other than unfolding it all we had to do is attach the three wheels which took all of 2 minutes … easy peazy!
It moves like butter and almost didn’t feel like it was even present when we were running. Since we didn’t run that fast we didn’t need to lock the front wheel but I can tell that once we get our pace up it’ll be nice having the locking wheel to control direction.
After we run more I’ll post more information but I was very excited about sharing our impression the first weekend.
It’s Finally Official
To round out the great weekend running news we officially signed up for our first race. We’re running the 5.7 mile Mackinac Island Great Turtle Run on October 23. I know I’ve mentioned it before but the registration was closed for a while due to trail usage disputes (according to the organizer). I checked again tonight though and saw it was open so we jumped in and registered. Now on to the training!
Did you have any fitness fun this weekend?
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Congrats on signing up for your first race!
I did a little 30 miles today. 14m run, 9.5m bike, 6.5m walk
Thanks, I’m very excited to get training and to shoot to run the entire thing without stopping. I don’t even care my time I just want to now walk it.
How did you find running while keeing your arms “locked in” holding on to the stroller? When I tried running with the stroller it felt really awkward to not swing my arms. Have you been able to overcome this?
I didn’t run much with my arms locked on the bar when I think about it. I ran with one hand on the bar and the other moving and switched back and forth a lot. Since the buggy moved so well and kept it’s line really well it was pretty easy to do this. I also tried giving the buggy a little push (holding the strap of course) and I was able to keep it ahead of me for like 5-6 seconds, again because it was a smooth ride with low friction. I guess if try that and see how it works on your buggy, maybe you to need a new one
Cool stroller! hehe. I hope when I have kiddos I have a running stroller so I can run! It’s great that you are being active with your kids already.
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Awesome stroller! I don’t know if I’d ever get one, but then again, we’ll see what I think when I have kids. Maybe by the time I have kids, they’ll have robots pushing strollers for me. That’d be pretty sweet.
As for running in VFFs, HOORAY! I’m glad you’re back! I think about form and tempo a LOT. I think that’s basically all I do when I run now.
Yogi’s question IS interesting. I never thought about the fact that your arms would be locked, which would make running kind of zombie-like. Keep the VFF updates going! Want to hear all about your training
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