You need one with inflatable tyred and/or suspension and a handle you can adjust to be a comfortable height for the parent (I'm 6'2" and found cheaper stroller often simply weren't high enough for me).
We've got one of these - not really used it much for runningmyself but Mrs Knackered has and says its fine for running + it works well as an everyday stroller too. 18 months in and its still good as new.
A regular stroller has a normal person behind it.
I ran extensively with a non-jogging stroller. Well, extensively for someone with a very young baby, anyway. I had a Britax B-Agile. It runs about $200 and is much more lightweight than most strollers, especially joggers. It weighs 17 pounds, for reference. I ran on a paved, fairly flat path, probably four times a week with the stroller (and often on the weekend with my husband pushing it), distances up to about 5 miles, 9 mpm or slower most of the time. It's been a little while, but here's what I liked:
1.) Fully reclined so baby could nap. I normally ran during her nap time, so she'd sleep through the run.
2.) Single front wheel that locks
3.) Lightweight
4.) Excellent rain cover - critical in the Pacific NW in fall and winter. The rain fell and baby stayed dry and happy.
Jogging strollers often include:
1.) hand break - not necessary IMO if you're not running many hills. If you are careful and run mostly on flats, I don't think you need this.
2.) Tether - see above, or you could makeshift something
3.) Inflatable wheels - totally unnecessary for slow running on pavement
After I had my second, i bought a double jogger at great expense. I think it was probably a waste of money. In terms of the actual stroller, the main advantage was that it's tough to find side-by-side double strollers with a single front wheel. But we had moved to a really hilly area, and I just wasn't strong enough, especially in the first year post-partum, to push our two kids up the hills at anything resembling a run, and downhills felt hazardous.
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A regular strollers front wheels tend to occasionally rotate 90 degrees for no apparent reason. At jogging speed that could cause it to tip over.
+1 - I tried jogging half a mile from my neighborhood pool to my house to beat an imminent storm and ended up doing more of a fast walk because the wheels aren't big enough to handle any speed. Also, if you go off road or if the sidewalk/road isn't perfectly smooth - forget about it.
Although I have the Baby Jogger City Tour stroller, I won't risk running with my baby in it. Maximum I would try a fast walk when I'm in a hurry, or I need to go somewhere fast. Even though there are running strollers on the market, I don't think that this is safe and practical. The first thing you need to know when you buy a stroller, it's how safe it is and how comfortable. I searched for reviews online before I bought my stroller, and I got it because it was highly recommended on https://mommyhood101.com/history-of-the-baby-stroller . I don't doubt I made the right choice because safety it's always in the first place.
This is hilarious - I can't believe people used to pull strollers around, I don't really get it... it had a handlebar, why not just push it? Rare moments when I'm happy to have been born in the late 1900's! :)
Baby jogger Strollers are made of more durable material, since when running with a normal stroller, the wheels break very quickly, as well as the plastic from which ordinary strollers are made isn't strong enough compared to jogger strollers. Also, most jogger strollers have built-in pedometers that allow you to get information about the walk and the benefits that you've received from it. Even if you don't play sports, I would advise you to buy jogger Stroller because they have more advantages than usual, and it'll serve you for years. By the way the store I mentioned above is https://babyjoggerstrollers.com.au/our-compact-lightweight-travel-strollers/
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Baby jogger Strollers are made of more durable material, since when running with a normal stroller, the wheels break very quickly, as well as the plastic from which ordinary strollers are made isn't strong enough compared to jogger strollers. Also, most jogger strollers have built-in pedometers that allow you to get information about the walk and the benefits that you've received from it. Even if you don't play sports, I would advise you to buy jogger Stroller because they have more advantages than usual, and it'll serve you for years. By the way the store I mentioned above is
https://babyjoggerstrollers.com.au/our-compact-lightweight-travel-strollers/
YEAH! And I was looking to buy a baby jogger stroller. Thanks!
Buy a proper running stroller and use it as a regular stroller too. Buy a Doona stroller for travel, Ubers, going out, etc. it’s a Foldable car seat, And stroller combo.
Look up Doona stroller, buy one, even if you have to sell a kidney to pay for it Thank me later.
Oh make sure your baby car seat is compatible with your jogging stroller.
Used Bob Revolution for 6 years and 3 kids. Great product. Ended up dumping regular stroller for kids 2 and 3 and using Bob as our jack of all trades. Thing is still going strong. Only maintenance was replacing an inner tube 3 years in.
Also have the Thule 2 kid running stroller. Not a fan of it. Huge and unwieldy. Basically needs its own garage space.
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