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Marathon Mom, Running with Quintuplets
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Jul 1, 2024
Dive into the extraordinary journey of a mother who balances raising seven children, including quintuplets, with her passion for running, culminating in a marathon with a five-seater stroller.
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Life has never been the same since
we left the doctor's office that day
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Family life raising seven kids is insane.
From the time we first wake up in the morning
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until the time our head hits the pillow, we're
exhausted. The biggest challenge when raising a family
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with seven small children, including a
set of quintuplets, is the noise level
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It is constantly loud in our house. Level
that I didn't know would be possible
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with this many children. ♪♪ One
of my escapes is after they go to bed
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or really early in the morning is I go run.
Running is my thing. That's my antidepressant
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That's my feel good. That's my celebration. Like
every emotion, I usually pair that with running
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Running. When we had the quintuplets, I didn't
really ever expect that I would go running
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with all five of them at the same time. I found
the stroller that was a five-seater stroller
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All the babies sit in a row, and it's built
like it's supposed to be a jogging stroller
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It's got these big wheels in the back
and one single wheel in the front
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There's a handbrake on it. It
just feels like a fast stroller
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At some point close to their first birthday,
I decided that I wanted to do something
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to kind of celebrate how far we
had come to be, now be this family
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And so I had the idea that I would complete
a full marathon pushing the quintuplets
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And I thought, hey, when I do this as a bonus, I'm
going to try and set a Guinness World Records title
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for this event. ♪♪ ♪â™
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Normally I would sprint towards the finish,
especially when trying to set a record like this
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But we were running towards it, and I
thought, I don't want this moment to end
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And so I stopped and brought it to a walk. And
I said, I'm going to walk across this thing
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and just take it all in. Whoo! Whoo! ♪â™
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So I finished holding the sign that says, anything
is possible, which I want the kids to know
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that anything is possible. One of my
ultimate goals, if the entire family
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can complete a marathon together,
it would be awesome in our future
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Happy birthday to you. It's a long, long
ways away from that first ultrasound
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where we see all those heartbeats, and we're
terrified that we're not going to bring any help
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And now they all look up at
us, and they smile. ♪â™
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