Many young girls and women spend no small amount of time imagining what their wedding day will look like – from brunch with the girls and her mother, to hair and makeup, to those magical moments while all eyes are on her walking down the aisle.
They say the most important thing about any wedding is that it represent the two of you as a couple, though, and French bride Cloé Étienne Verlaguet and groom Romain Étienne Verlaguet really took that to heart.
Instead of a relaxing morning full of champagne and primping, they invited their 135 guests to join them for endorphins instead – in the form of a 7K run around the estate where their wedding would be held.
“We decided to create custom T-shirts and told our friends and family that for whoever wanted, we were going to do a physical activity at 8:30 a.m. the day of the wedding and then serve breakfast. For us, it was also a way to start the day with endorphins and have people mixing up from all our different friend groups.”
Somewhere between 35-45 of their guests obliged, donning custom matching t-shirts and lacing up their shoes for a run.
They wound around the grounds of Le Domaine de la Fauconnie near Bergerac, an 18th-century manor house where many of them stayed the night previous.
Cloé was all smiles, a veil billowing behind her, as the group boosted her wedding-day spirits as high as expected.
She told People that she had never been into running until she met her groom, a triathlete.
“I really enjoyed it. It’s a good way for us to visit our neighborhood and catch up on our week.”
Her guests were rewarded with breakfast and then had the rest of the day to get ready for their 4 p.m. ceremony and later reception, both of which look like they came off beautifully.
@clo_says_hi Wedding Day Run Club #weddingtiktok #weddingtok #runtok #weddingrun #morningofthewedding #weddingsurprise #marathontraining
While many in the comments didn’t particularly love the idea of running right before a wedding, there was still some lighthearted fun.
But if you can’t do what you want on your wedding day, when can you do it?
Cloé says that if those people would have hated a morning run, they wouldn’t have enjoyed their honeymoon, either, which was full of rock climbing and cycling as opposed to lazy days on the beach.
@clo_says_hi Replying to @Kris I think I can top that #weddingtiktok #runtok #weddingrun #honeymoon
Cloé and Romain were training for the New York City marathon, an event they completed together this year as planned.
@clo_says_hi Am I the only one like this at the finish line? #proud #newyorkcity #tcsnycmarathon #nycmarathon #finishline
♬ Unstoppable (I put my armor on, show you how strong I am) – Sia
This couple is a great example of how to make your wedding day reflect who you are!
It could be a great reminder in the years to come of how you wanted to begin your lives together, and the people who were there to support you every (jogged) step of the way.
