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ENGLEWOOD, Colorado (LifeSiteNews) — A professional female long-distance runner and Olympic qualifier recently smashed a different type of record: The fastest mile while pushing a stroller.
The marathoner mom says her life is more balanced and fulfilling since having a family, and she is aiming to help other parents include their children in an active, healthy lifestyle.
On June 30, 33-year-old Neely Spence Gracey clocked a five-minute, 24.17-second mile (about 11 mph) while pushing a baby stroller occupied by her helmet-wearing two-year-old son, shattering the previous women’s record in the category by more than 30 seconds, The Denver Post reported.
The long-distance runner, who’s coached by her husband, became interested in challenging the record after noticing that the existing mile record was one she’d probably already broken “just in my runs around the neighborhood with my kids in the stroller,” she told Women’s Running.
A wife and mother of two young boys who has been running for as long as she can remember, Gracey stresses that “having kids doesn’t have to hold you back from your goals.”
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