This is Stage 6 of @thecoastalchallenge and that's my friend @krittylevorson who just got engaged behind me.
It's actually pretty funny, @comtman84 messaged me a few months ago asking if I could get Kristy's flight info because he wanted to come surprise her in Costa Rica at the race. It didn't even cross my mind that it was probably to propose to her, that's how unromantic my brain is 😂. I was just like "Oh cool! How sweet of you! Here it is!". He never brought it up to me again so I wasn't even sure if he was still planning on coming or not...and to be honest, I kind of forgot about it once we were immersed into the fiery pits of racing.
Both Kristy and I were knocked out earlier than we expected, me on Day 2 and her on Day 3...Nate's plans involved Day 5's route ....silly Nate, don't you know that anything can happen in a 6 day stage race? 😛
This is where I got to get involved! Kristy was feeling pretty down and defeated. We had been talking about running the last stage for fun but she wasn't so sure. Then Eduardo, one of our North American reps, approached me and told me the big secret. Nate was here, sleeping above us in air conditioning just pointing and laughing at us...jk jk jk he was here to propose to Kristy and I was needed to help her decide to run the next day so he could do it at the waterfall 4k in. Honestly, it wasn't that hard. All I had to do was tell her there was a waterfall super close and she was basically in...us trail runners are suckers for fucking waterfalls.
It was pretty exciting to have this secret as I was running with her and we inched closer and closer to the destination. We turned the corner and it was finally there in front of us and I could see Nate fidgeting down below watching for her to descend.
It was so awesome to hear her absolute surprise once she recognized him sitting there waiting for her and I breathed a sigh of relief I didn't have to keep the secret any longer. Thank goodness my dunce brain didnt figure this out months ago! 😂
Truly one of the coolest things that I got to be a small part of and witness. Congrats you two!!! 📷: @supermarks_adventures
