Jogging strollers: common or not?

[Brit]

I have still not seen anyone running with a stroller here. Tons of people have them, weird European ones, but not a single person running with one. I commented on the to H and he asked if I had seen anyone running with one in our old town in Indiana - I realized that I may have never seen someone running with a stroller there either.

Brought to you courtesy of the dude who said "So strange. A stroller you run with." as I blew past him jogging earlier. (Yay for chicking guys, especially with the stroller.)

[mrs.jacinthe]

I see them a lot here, but mostly the big off-road ones on our local trail system and at races. I don't recall seeing a jogging stroller EVER on the sidewalks (attached to a runner).

[Wines Not Whines]

They are extremely common in the DC area. Commonly used for running, I mean.

[clseale]

Tons of people jogging with their strollers here. There's actually a woman who consistently places in the top 3 women of 5ks w/her stroller.

[emuni04]

I saw them a lot this summer when we were in Denver. I also see them fairly often at races in the metro New Orleans/Baton Rouge area. Even in our local races, there are at least 2-3 other stroller runners. In my little neighborhood, there is one other guy that I see run fairly often with the BOB (he's an awesome triathlete, so he always breezes past my huffing, puffing ass in the AM on the weekends - ha).

[Stingyshark]

 I saw one in my 'hood last week.. and i was SOOO excited. LOL. I want to hunt that lady down and be her friend.

[chw57]

We live right next to a 30 mile mixed use trail so I see them all the time. Rarely on sidewalks though.

[kams]

I see them all the time, but we have a really active community and a really large multi-use path system that is well integrated into the city.

[jene]

I see them quite a bit, both on paths and sidewalks

[Brit]

Tonight I was on a wide path commonly used by runners. In Indiana I used my stroller on a huge system of multi-use paths. They were not used all that much, I could often run for an hour without seeing anyone. I think the lack of runners in general in my Indiana town was why I didn't see them there. Here I see tons and tons of runners, but none with strollers. I'm wondering if it is the nanny culture here. Nannies can be as cheap as $300/month if the live in.

[msturtle143]

Common here and I live outside Seattle. I run with mine sometimes when I absolutely have to.

[arch01]

they're everywhere around me-NC

[water*drop]

I see them all the time in my neighborhood.

[breezy8407]

I see a lot. My immediate block has a lot of kids under 5, and I think everyone has a BOB! Plus we live .5 mile away from a regional multi use path, so it's pretty common.

[savan]

I see a lot of them being used for walking but I can't recall seeing anyone jog with one.

[brittmk0922]

I'm in southern Ontario, Canada. I don't see many of the jogging ones, maybe 2 or 3 times in a year (and they might be the same person I'm seeing each time lol). The big off-road ones are pretty popular around here with all the trails.

[cinco]

In the DC suburbs, I saw them all the time. In the more rural area where we moved I don't think I've seen anyone else running with one. I tend to see more cows on my run than people, so there's that....

[lb2006]

Nov 15, 2013 12:27:44 GMT -5 arch01 said:

they're everywhere around me-NC

same here....also NC.  What area of NC??

[sadlebred]

All the time on the local rail trail in Atlanta.

[lovesherheels]

Nov 15, 2013 13:45:23 GMT -5 lb2006 said:

Nov 15, 2013 12:27:44 GMT -5 arch01 said:

they're everywhere around me-NC

same here....also NC.  What area of NC??

Ha -- I was going to say the same: they're everywhere in my suburbia part of NC. I'm in the Triangle-area suburbs. 

[lb2006]

Nov 15, 2013 14:04:13 GMT -5 lovesherheels said:

Nov 15, 2013 13:45:23 GMT -5 lb2006 said:

same here....also NC.  What area of NC??

Ha -- I was going to say the same: they're everywhere in my suburbia part of NC. I'm in the Triangle-area suburbs. 

ahhhh, the american tobacco trail region - I love that trail!  I'm in a suburb of Charlotte

[coconutbug]

I see many, many jogging strollers when I'm out on the paths/trails here in the DC area. I saw a lot of them when I lived in ABQ and LA too. I really don't think I saw any when I lived in the Florida Panhandle, but I also rarely saw people running there period.

[texassmith]

Everywhere in my neighborhood in Houston.

[lovesherheels]

Nov 15, 2013 14:05:29 GMT -5 lb2006 said:

Nov 15, 2013 14:04:13 GMT -5 lovesherheels said:

Ha -- I was going to say the same: they're everywhere in my suburbia part of NC. I'm in the Triangle-area suburbs. 

ahhhh, the american tobacco trail region - I love that trail!  I'm in a suburb of Charlotte

Oh nice! Charlotte has some great areas around it. Yay for fellow NC-ers!  

[gummybear]

All the time here in the Philly suburbs. I use it as my regular stroller most of the time myself.

[arch01]

Nov 15, 2013 13:45:23 GMT -5 lb2006 said:

Nov 15, 2013 12:27:44 GMT -5 arch01 said:

they're everywhere around me-NC

same here....also NC.  What area of NC??

Charlotte