I have a fabulous running stroller that I absolutely love (thank you Grandma Kelley!) but convincing Annaliese that sitting in the stroller for any amount of time usually requires a bit of bargaining. I found a great 4 mile trail nearby that starts and ends at a park with a great playground...she also likes to go to the beach. I don't take the girls to the beach often because it is not in the least bit relaxing and Annaliese loves the water but doesn't understand the power of the ocean... but she's been asking to go so I decided to try it after our run through Pismo Beach last week.
I told Annaliese I wanted to take her picture and she looked at me and said "wait" and then ran a little ways away, stopped, turned around, and said "Cheese me now. Cheese."
And then came running back towards the water!
On this particular day, after our run, I put the stroller away and carried Haleigh in the Ergo so that I would have both hands available for Annaliese and wouldn't get the stroller all sandy. I was very impressed with how well Annaliese did!
Today, after our run, I gave Annaliese the choice of playing on the slide at the park for a few minutes or coming home and having a picnic lunch outside on the grass. She picked the picnic. Of course, once we were in the car on the way home, she screamed the entire way about wanting to slide:) But once we were home and had lunch ready, she loved it!
(I might add that as far as actually training for this half marathon, I have yet to run more than 4 miles and only average 1, maybe 2 runs per week. I'm counting on the 'I push two kids in a double stroller' to provide some extra benefit!)
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