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By Francesca Di Meglio, About.com Guide to Newlyweds

The Couple Who Runs Together...

Wednesday April 29, 2009
Wordless Wednesday Wedding

Marathon Wedding - Cattermole/Getty

Garry Keates carries his bride Rachel over the finish line at the 2009 Flora London Marathon on April 26 in London. The couple wed 24 miles into the 26.2 mile race, in which 35,000 people participated. © Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images

You can add train and run a marathon together to the list of date ideas for married people. The couple in the photo above, in fact, made the marathon their wedding. What I take away from their decision to wed during a race is that shared interests can really bring a couple together. My husband and I certainly had something to talk about when we discovered we were both fans of Italian soccer (more specifically, the Juventus team). And we fell deeper in love while watching the Italian national soccer team win the 2006 World Cup in Italy. What interests do you share with your spouse and how does that bring you closer together?

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Comments
April 29, 2009 at 11:19 am
(1) Beth says:

It just underlines the fact that the best spouse is almost always a great friend, as well. :)

April 29, 2009 at 12:17 pm
(2) Nancy says:

We love to travel and visit museums, and we’ve spent nearly every vacation together doing just that.

April 29, 2009 at 1:11 pm
(3) Linda Larsen says:

We love to read and relax in our home, and also love gardening. And just being together!

April 29, 2009 at 2:39 pm
(4) Julie@Momspective says:

We’re so silly. To us, it’s football. He taught me football and it brought great strength to our relationship. So much so, that I’ve started teaching willing women football as a sort of ‘couples therapy’!

April 29, 2009 at 4:18 pm
(5) Connie G. says:

I learned to square dance so I could dance at my first wedding (the marriage didn’t work out, but it was a lovely, dream wedding).

April 29, 2009 at 6:40 pm
(6) Dianne says:

How cute is that? Fun shot!!

April 29, 2009 at 10:38 pm
(7) Suzanne says:

That is very fun picture. They look very happy. Shared interests do make a couple feel closer together.

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