After 8 episodes of wedding-season training talk, Alex and Alexis are officially married! In this episode of For Better or For Worse, the running couple breaks down their entire wedding week in Prince Edward Island: a 16-act talent show, a surprise 5K run for 90 guests, a burnt wedding veil, an unexpected blessing from the Pope, and six uninvited wedding crashers.

They also cover how they each balanced training with wedding week chaos, share their Rose & Thorn moments, debate whether crashing a wedding is ever okay, and answer a listener question on training by heart rate vs. pace.

Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:30 Is Alexis changing her name?
2:04 Wedding Week Recap Begins
3:22 Are We Happy We're Married?
5:06 Wednesday: Guests Arrive in Charlottetown
6:08 Alex's Acadian Hometown Tour
8:58 The Wedding Talent Show (16 Acts)
14:15 We Hosted a 5K at Our Wedding
19:33 Why We Had a Big Wedding
20:33 The Wedding Veil Disaster
23:36 Walking Down the Aisle & The Vows
26:10 Blessed By the Pope?
28:14 Rose & Thorn: The Handmade Wedding Ship
31:04 Rose & Thorn: The Hotel Breakfast Fiasco
33:11 Rose & Thorn: Best Day of My Life
35:11 Alexis's Biggest Mileage Week Ever
36:43 Turning a Wedding Into a Fitness Goal
38:08 Finding Your Running "Goldilocks Zone"
40:46 Skipping Double Runs on Wedding Week
42:13 Turning Down a 32K Run Pre-Wedding
43:33 Homework: Finding New Motivation
45:03 Homework: Weekly Date Nights
46:30 His or Her Debate: Are Wedding Crashers OK?
53:00 Listener Q&A: Heart Rate vs. Pace Training
56:57 Outro

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