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Susan Burhans

Our whole relationship has evolved around running. Starting with how we met: He came into my ER after falling on his head at a race, and I was his RN! Then after 7 years of dating and running... Every Sunday that we're at our cabin in North Carolina, we go on a 14-mile trail run in the Bent Creek Forest near Asheville. At the halfway point, my future husband suggested we take a break, unusual, then... he proposed! I thought he was just experiencing runners high as it was perfect running weather, cool with a light sprinkling rain, sun peeking out. So I laughed and told him I'd give him 24 hours to think about it since I thought it was spontaneous and not thought out. But then he turns around and lifts his shirt and there in his hydration belt, instead of one of his water bottles, was a polished wooden box containing the ring! Our wedding theme was: For the Long Run... We had two runners on our cake top, we had water bottles with running caricatures of us, and instead of a garter my husband gave me an ID anklet with my new name, and I gave him a welcome mat that said "Finish Line"!