Racing

Back in February we bought a treadmill. I was having severe cabin fever due to the extreme cold outside and dying to get rid of the excess weight still hanging on after having Nora. And, now that we have 3 kids instead of 2, I can't feasibly take all three in our double jogging stroller. Thus the need for the treadmill. Well, today was a gorgeous day outside and so we took advantage of the nice weather and raced our first 5K of the season. A few days ago, as we were talking about the race, we realized we needed a single jogging stroller for Nora. We've realized through research that the "Baby Jogger" brand of jogging strollers is one of the best kind out there so we researched Craigslist for strollers nearby and got a steal of a deal for a stroller for $40 that originally retails for probably around $250. Well, today was my and Nora's first time pushing the stroller and it was amazingly light. I hardly could tell that I was pushing it at all except that I wasn't able to swing my arms. Jeremy, as always, did very well and finished 13th place overall and 3rd for his age group and received a trophy which he kindly handed off to Matthew, who had been eyeing the trophies since we first arrived at the race. I finished in 115th place and 6th for my age group. I wasn't expecting much seeing as how it was my first race in over a year and after having a baby. I'm just considering it a baseline from which to improve upon throughout the season.

Please refer to the bottom right of our blog to see our race times.