After two years of persuasion from a few of Whitney's friends here in Sarasota, he decided to join our relay team for an annual race in South Florida. I had joined the team two years prior and this was my year to captain from Richmond, VA. I remember adding Whit as a friend on Facebook and thinking, "I hope he's single!" We spent a few days together running from Miami to Key West in a hot, sweaty van and the rest is history...if that doesn't make for romance, I don't know what does!! We continued seeing one another long-distance for the next few months until we made the decision for me to move to Sarasota. Fun fact: we were both born in the same hospital in La Crosse, WI.