Check out my new (possibly changing) theory: My jogging stroller makes me faster.
Not just by conditioning through the resistance training; no, I mean, during races...while actually pushing my 45lb son. As I've said before, no one likes to be passed by a stroller. Even if they are close to having a heart attack or muscle spasm, they will push themselves as I push closer. It's like a wave in a pool: as the stroller approaches, the pace picks up, rippling through the area. So, as I begin to notice people going faster around me, my instinct is to accelerate, too. And although it's less enjoyable uphill, I find myself hauling tail to catch up with my runaway stroller on the way back down (even with the leash).
The stroller makes me faster. I have no other way of explaining why I've PR'd the last two races while pushing the stroller.
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2 comments:
Running downhill with the stroller has totally helped me to get my turnover faster too!
You go ahead and kick their butts with your stroller, girl!
That has to be quite an amusing sight with people killing themselves not to be passed by you! :)
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