John here. After much begging and pleading from Stevie, I contacted the folks at BOBgear and asked if they would consider sending us a stroller to review. My surprise when they said yes was only outweighed by Stevie’s excitement. As you’ll read below, she wasn’t just excited for a new stroller — she was also excited to spend more time with me. (Weird, huh?) Anyway, aside from the stroller we received no compensation for this piece. All opinions belong to Stevie and I.

As most of you know, John and I became runners earlier this year. And by “we became runners” I mean we managed to run several miles at a time without dying or complaining too much. Ok fine I complained a lot. But we did it. We ran lots of miles. See? Here we are all sweaty smiley. Me with my sister/trainer and John with his…pillow.

John raised money for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society and I “won the lottery” as all the cool runners say and ran the half marathon. It took months of training and attempting to eat well. But in all that work, the hardest part wasn’t the trudging up hills and trying not to have beer the night before a run. It was the scheduling. 

After lots of frustration and failed training weekends, we finally figured out a schedule. John would run on Saturday mornings and then continue to recover from that Saturday the rest of the day while I watched the kids. Then I woke up on Sunday and complain-ran for a few hours and did my respective recovery while John watched the kids. Works, right? Sure. Logistically, it worked. We were getting our run in, the kids were being cared for. But there was something we were losing in our weekends. Us time. John and Stevie time. You see, we actually like each other. Like, we like-like each other. And we like spending time together. He’s the Robin to my Batman. The Tennille to my Captain. So I started to miss my husband. 

We struggled through our training and did our races. And they were amazing. And we were happy we did it. But the whole time we couldn’t help thinking that we would continue to not hate the idea of being “runners” if we could actually enjoy it together. 

I give you: BOB. The end-all-be-all of running strollers. And this is a double, to boot. 

No need to adjust your screen. This stroller and I are just that sexy.

BOB is fancy-pants. (I’m bringing back fancy pants, by the way. John thinks it never left us). 

I could probably go on for days about this stroller. Just ask any of our friends that are currently not speaking to us due to our incessant conversations about how much we love our new stroller. (Not really. But they’re all totally jelly). 

No more fights about who gets to sit in the stroller. Duchess and Captain both get their own seats complete with their own canopies and snack pouches. And they get to hold hands. Calm your ovaries, ladies. I know my kids are adorable in this thing. 

Aside from the  convenience of having our kids strapped in together and comfortable while we run, the thing is just so amazing to run with. Seriously, show me a stroller that doesn’t have shocks and I’ll show you a stroller that needs some. The support bar of the BOB has shocks, you know…in case John and I ever run really fast. We did find it useful when we would randomly run over something on the road or in the parking lot. The kids seemed significantly less mad about it the bump. And hills? Well let’s put it this way, have you ever seen a goat run up a mountain? Ok picture that. Now picture this: 

Are you proud of me? I got all fancy-pants (see?) and made an animated GIF for you to show the goat-like grace of John pushing a double-stroller full of toddlers up a hill. 

Aside from the obvious perks of being a running stroller. It’s a pretty rockin’ double stroller for everyday life, too. We’ve been able to take it to outings over the last few weeks and it’s seriously a life saver. Though it seems pretty wide (and it is) it certainly isn’t too wide for quick trips to the grocery store or the mall. 

We actually got down-right giddy about getting up at sunrise a few weekends ago to see the hot air balloon festival a few miles away. Normally we probably would have driven there and circled around and cursed the lack of parking. But we’re a walk-if-it’s-within-reason family now. And it feels goooooood. 

It’s most certainly not the least expensive stroller on the market but, in my opinion, it’s worth the price tag. We pass other couples at the zoo and at the park with their BOB strollers and we are able to give them the nod. John calls it the “BOB nod.” It says “Yes. We know something everyone else doesn’t know. How awesome running with kids can be.” So overall, yes. We love our BOB. 

And none of this is hurt by that fact that our stroller is pushed by this handsome bearded bastard. I think I like-like him.

If you would like to check out this and other strollers offered by BOBgear, here is a handy dandy link. 

BOB STROLLER GIVEAWAY!!

Want to win your own BOB Revolution SE? Well guess what? They gave me an extra one to give away. This one is a single, but that doesn’t mean it is half as cool. If you’re a runner with kids, or a just like to get out for long walks, then you want this stroller. I promise. You can even choose which color you want. Enter below! (US and Canada only… except Quebec, sorry Quebec.)

Note: I want to make sure everyone is aware that the giveaway is for the single pictured below, not the double. Thanks! 

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