[fireman15]

but with their fragile health history, pushing them uphill in a buggy does not seem the smartest thing to do.

We had a premature daughter, and by the time she was 1 she was a very robust little thing who would have been as capable as any other 1 year old of being pushed in a stroller for 27 miles. It must have been their nap time though for 5 of them to sit still for 3 hours in a stroller, and he probably had to have mom along following on a bicycle to tend to unhappy little ones.

[VMI70]

“It must have been their nap time though for 5 of them to sit still for 3 hours in a stroller,...”

From the story: “After crossing the line in 5:45:04...”

Try 6 hours +! They had to have been hungry.

[NativeSon]

They are lucky I wasn't the dad pushing the stroller - they'd be on the road for 6.5 hours.

Yeah, I'm slow.