Allison and Brian met the old fashioned way through a blind date, set up by their mutual friend Laura. She had been whispering in both of their ears for a long time about a friend that she felt would be a perfect match. One night in the Fall of 2019 Laura and Brian were catching up at the annual physician assistant dinner, when Laura learned that both Allison and Brian were single. She knew she could not let the opportunity go to waste. Laura gave "Big Al"'s number to Brian and he reached out to Allison, tying their mutual love of distance running into the conversation. Brian arranged a first date at Brick and Beam in Quincy, and 4 hours in to the date the two of them wondered where the time had gone. The rest is history.