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There's an astonishing choice of pushchairs, prams, strollers and buggies for transporting your baby. Ursula Seymour, who writes for a range of magazines and newspapers including The Sunday Times, picks five of the very best Click to view Top 5 Pushchairs.
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Best For Running (Baby Jogger Performance) |
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 For those who are determined to combine parenthood with keeping up their fitness levels, finding the perfect pushchair that won't impair their performance or their baby's comfort is a hard task: enter the Baby Jogger Performance Series, the serious runner's buggy of choice. |
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Users of the Runner's World forum recommend the Baby Jogger pushchairs, with comments ranging from "I've found having a Baby Jogger running buggy a great help as it makes it easier to get a run in during the day", "Our Baby Jogger has covered over 600 miles and done about 10 races" and "[the Baby Jogger] can be a bit pricey, but we wouldn't be without it".
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 The Baby Jogger Performance Series comes from the company which invented the jogging pushchair more than 20 years ago and as such is backed by immense expertise in this specialised market. Professional athletes including Alisa Harvey, current Women’s World Masters Record Holder over one mile and Kjersti Plätzer, holder of 3 world records in Track & Field and a Silver Medal winner in the women’s 20km walk at the Sydney Olympic Games uses this buggy to train with their children. It's also won a celebrity following including Tom Cruise and Gwen Stefani.
What sets a professional jogging pushchair apart from a standard pushchair are features designed specifically with outdoor running in mind. These include rust-resistant alloy wheels and large wheel sizes. The Baby Jogger Performance Series has 20in aluminium wheels. The purpose of large wheels is to provide a smooth ride, better control and improve shock absorption. The fixed front wheel also provides control at higher speeds.
One Baby Jogger user on the Runners World forum explains "We went for the biggest wheels possible and it was so stable you could run 'hands off' down a slight hill".
The Baby Jogger also includes pneumatic, puncture-resistant tyres and a shock absorption system, so your baby should remain comfortable as you run. It is built as a one-piece frame, which means that there are no hinges or joins that can weaken during high-intensity use.
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Exercise safely |
 One thing to note about this professional running pushchair is that it isn't suitable for children under six months. But you should not in any case run with a child under this age as they must be able to support their head and neck independently before you begin running with them in the buggy.
The Baby Jogger features a quick release latch to make it easy to fold, and a new V-Brake system to make it easier to brake. A folding canopy helps to keep the sun off and there is a clear view window to help you keep an eye on your baby as you run.
At just 10kg it is lightweight, as you would expect, which makes it as easy to push when running as while you are out for a stroll.
Thanks to its high-performance features the US-made Baby Jogger has won awards from both Fit for Fun - which called it the Porsche of Strollers and chose it as the top sporty stroller for its "unbeatable handling and manoeuvrability" - and a recommendation from Running Times.
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To buy this product try one of the following retailers. They are competitively priced and reliable:
Amazon.com - The US arm of the online retailer
Amazon.co.uk - The UK arm of the online retailer
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