XC to XO

I met landon my freshman year of high school at a cross country meet, fancy that!

I went to watch a friend, as soon as she finished she dragged me along to watch the boys race.

As a few came around the curve, there was one in a maroon xc uniform who I had never seen before.

I was told to cheer for landon, and thinking nothing of it, I started cheering till around the corner came a tall, handsome guy with jet black hair and bright blue eyes.

That was the first time I ever met landon.

Then fast forward a few years as life took a turn where I moved across the state, then we both homeschooled for a little while, COVID came and one day at the end of summer I get a message from landon.

Again, asking about me running cross country for my new school. This started conversation of the history of high school, growing up in the same small town, sports, running and everything in between.

Conversation turned to friendship and everyone knows where things go from there….

Except me as a confident incoming senior swearing

I was gonna stay single.

Well darn it landon, you ruined my plans and I couldn’t be happier.

Almost a year later i’m starting cross country as a collegiate athlete and we move from a high school love story into the threads of adult relationship.

I’m staying at college in my hometown while he’s going across the country to begin college as a lineman.

True long distance begins in my running and our relationship.

As the miles gather on my feet and between us and a new season of cross and adulthood come, I can’t be more thankful for these blessings in life.

So here is our story as high school sweethearts with a little thing like cross country that brought us together.

But now I’m curious, what’s your love story?