Jogging Stroller

I.heart.my.new.jogging.stroller!  I love it so much and it did so well for us during our 5K run this past weekend that I needed to share some of the details with you all.  :) Although I have to say that I still LOVE my UPPA Baby Vista stroller with a passion and still use it daily. 

A little over a month ago, I started looking for a jogging stroller.  I looked for almost a week and decided that I just needed to choose one and get it.  I wasn't wanting to spend an arm and a leg so I set a limit and that limit was no more than $200.  It was pretty hard because I didn't want a cruddy one.  Jer wanted it to have a few things: front wheel can swivel and lock, cup holders for B and for us me, a good visor/shade and mp3 player to listen to music with.  

After searching high and low...Wal-Mart had my stroller!  We got the Schwinn Turismo stroller.  It even comes with a faux sheep seat which will keep B warm while running through the fall and winter weather.  :)  We ended up buying it online and paying $198 and some change.  We bought it online but had it shipped to the store so we didn't have to pay for shipping!  Score.  I was uber excited.  It felt like weeks but it took about 6 days to arrive.  I couldn't wait to try it out.  

My handy-dandy hubby put it together.  

 About to get our run on one morning.

Meghan and Londyn even joined us!  

I HIGHLY suggest this jogging stroller if you are on the hunt for one.  :)

~Jeni

Our First 5K Run!

That's right, we did a 5K-run-for-Diabetes on Saturday morning!!!  It was pretty awesome and it felt great to run for a cause.

About a month ago, I signed Jer and myself up to run a 5K to help raise money for research for diabetes.  Unfortunately, the majority of my family has this ugly disease.  Odds are against me, but I am determined to stay FREE of this disease.

Jer was willing to do this for me and for the benefit of exercising.  He rarely exercises but this forced him to get moving.  :)

From the beginning, we had decided that we would do it as a family (me, Jer AND Boston).  So, that's how it went down.  Jer was such a trooper, pushing Bos and his almost 25 pound jogging stroller the whole 3.1 miles!  I was thankful that Jer pushed Bos because it's uber hard to run and push a stroller without being able to swing your arms.  In the beginning, I stayed with them, but since Jer got a little winded and had to walk I asked him if it was okay to run ahead and he was cool with it.  So, I went ahead and continued running.  I surprised myself and only had to stop to walk twice for about 1 minute each time.  I had an inner competitiveness that came out.  :)

Our plan is to do many more community runs in the near future, and for Bos to become accustomed to races and hopefully join us in them (I was surprised to see so many little kids running with their parents).  We want to be able to promote exercise and good health for our little guy from an early age by teaching by example.  Plus, you know me, I'm the self-proclaimed mommarazzi and I'm all about the pictures, videos and memories, so this was perfect for our memory album for 2011.  :-)

The experience: total success!  We are searching for our next race/cause to run for!  

Here's a short video of some of the pictures and video that we took before, during and after the race.

*make sure you mute the blog music at the bottom before playing the video.



Hope we were able to motivate you to run a race, too, especially if there is a cause meaningful to you!  :-)

~Jeni