One North Carolina mom may have just set a Guinness World Record after racing a half-marathon while pushing her triplets in a stroller.
Thirty-five-year-old Suzy Goodwin ran the North Carolina Half Marathon in Fayetteville on Sunday, and according to race results, she ran it in 2 hours, 1 minute, and 19 seconds. Goodwin submitted her run time to the Guinness Book of World Records, and if it’s approved, she will set the world record in a new category- completing a half-marathon with a triple stroller.
Besides her 14-month-old triplets, Goodwin also has a 3-year-old son, and after finding out the triplets enjoyed being in the stroller while she ran, she raced to a first place female finish 5K in May. After that race, she was then inspired to set a world record.
“A triple stroller record is just obscure enough,” Goodwin told Good Morning America. “There are people I’m sure who will come along and break it, but in the spirit of camaraderie, I hope they do.”
During the race, Goodwin stopped to change a diaper and even kept her babies happy with crackers, pacifiers, and entertainment. “It was the proudest I’ve ever been to run,” Goodwin said. “It’s always great to pass the men and hear them mutter under their breath, ‘The mom with three babies just passed me.’”
Goodwin’s reason for running the race was to support the nurses and doctors of the neonatal intensive care unit in Cape Fear Valley Health, where her triplets spent the first ten weeks of their lives. “The most satisfying thing is hearing from nurses who haven’t seen the triplets in a year saying, ‘It’s great to see the Goodwin triplets,'” she said. She also added, “This is the biggest way I know to say thank you and honor the work God did through the NICU nurses and doctors.”
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[Featured Image Credit: Suzy Goodwin via ABC News]
Mom Pushing Triplets In Stroller Creates A New World Record During Half-Marathon is an article from: LifeDaily