Jogging Stroller

Wow... that's hard work. I pushed the jogging stroller with my neice Alexis in it for 4 miles and it was TOUGH! Alexis was cute though. For the first mile or so she was chattering and clapping and having a great time. Then she zonked out for the last 3 miles. She's going to have to get her endurance up if she wants to keep jogging with me :) I went back out after dropping her off with hopes of doing another 4 miles. HA! I made it 2 and that was almost not doable. I didn't realize how much harder it is to push that stroller. It's stuff you don't think about that saps your energy. I can't take as long of strides, I can't swing one arm because I'm holding the stroller (I refuse to do like some people and let the stroller free roll in front of me, and instead always keep one hand on it). I also have to do a combination of popping the front wheel up and then quickly lifting the back wheels up when I go off or onto a new section of sidewalk or Alexis gets a brain-jarring jolt. It really works you hard!

Oh... and I weighed in at 189.1 today. It's unofficial since I track a 10-day average, but hopefully the average will be below 190 very soon.