Running with stroller/calorie question

JaclynnGail

Now that the weather is getting nicer, I'm excited to be able to shed my winter running gear and start bringing along my 2-year old on some of my longer runs (I started training for my first half in December...all of my long runs have been solo because of the temperature). He lasts anywhere from 7 miles to 10 miles before he gets bored, so I'm pretty lucky I think. I'm just wondering if there is a good/easy way to take into consideration any extra calories that come from pushing a 30-pound child around for that long. Eating back some of those calories was a non-issue last fall, when I was still only running 2 or 3 miles with him...but I feel it is probably a different story when I'm running well over an hour with him on a regular basis. Any suggestions? Would it be at all accurate to log my running like normal, and then add in "pushing a stroller" for the same amount of time as an extra activity, or would that give me way too much credit? Thanks in advance for any advice!