Running brought this couple together, so it seemed right to get married at ParkRun

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A 5km aisle would be unusual at most weddings, but not for one Canberra couple, who tied the knot today after ParkRun. The pair credited the weekly fun run and shared love of fitness and the outdoors with bringing and keeping them together.

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00:00There may not have been something borrowed, blue or old, but as for the new, having enough

00:11breath to say I do after a park run might just fit the bill.

00:14It's a five kilometre aisle, that's pretty good I think.

00:17In true park run style, it all started with a bit of friendly competition.

00:22We chatted about marriage and Elspeth said I'll only consider it if you can get below

00:2820 minutes in the five kilometre run.

00:30It was a couple of months of hard work but I finally got there.

00:33I just thought you've got to set goals for yourself in sport and in marriage.

00:36Just an hour and a half after their weekly Saturday morning run, Colin and Elspeth got

00:41married on the shores of Lake Ginninderra in Canberra's north.

00:44This is the first time I'll be wearing sneakers as a bride weight and running shorts and a

00:48running singlet.

00:49Pink shorts and a pink running top and we even got pink shoes.

00:54The couple's family and friends were there to celebrate, as were many of their fellow

00:58park runners, in a nod to the community that helped bring them together.

01:01I was actually running and I got mixed up in the crowd here and they were really friendly

01:07and so I thought if you can't lick them, join them because I then joined and I got really

01:11hooked.

01:12That love of running and exercise and being outside just spilled over into I think a genuine

01:17relationship which developed between us.

01:19A knot that's now firmly tied.

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