Today is Wednesday. Today I learned something about jogging strollers. First, most jogging strollers have a fixed front wheel. In order to turn it, you must push down on the handlebar a tad. I knew this ahead of time and practiced a tad with it here in the driveway/yard. Not as hard as I had expected. Yay!
What I hadn't anticipated was that it takes FAR more energy to push a stroller while running than it does to run freely, arms swinging. The stroller itself rides so smoothly it feels like nothing to push. It's the controlling your arms, holding them in the same spot while running, when your arms naturally move, that got me. My energy was zapped before we were half done. The girls took him at that point and I ran the last half without the stroller, but it was too late. I ended up crying for most of the last 3 minutes, and for a solid 2 minutes afterwards during our cool down walk.
Lesson learned. I still love my new jogging stroller, but I'll be using it for walking until running becomes a bit easier for me. The girls can walk him in the meantime.
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