Mother’s Day 5K has come ‘full circle’ for couple

Richard Gere and Julia Roberts starred in the movie “Runaway Bride.”

If there was a movie called “Married Marathoners,” it could feature Alex and Kenzie Bruns.

Five years ago, Alex Bruns, a 2008 Fenwick High School graduate and an accomplished long distance runner, won the Mothers Day 5K Run/ Walk to benefit Hospice Care of Middletown at Woodside Cemetery.

Then he waited at the finish line until Kenzie arrived. He dropped to one knee and proposed. She may have been a little winded but she said “yes.”

On March 31, 2018, they got married at Smith Park in Middletown, and after exchanging vows, invited the wedding party ad guests to jog around the park with them. The guys in the wedding wore T-shirts designed like tuxedos and some wore running shorts. Kenzie, a 2012 Madison High School graduate, wore a white tennis outfit.

On Sunday, the Middletown couple will return to Woodside for the 12th annual Mother’s Day Hospice 5K Run/Walk. They own and operate a running company, Brunning Endurance, which hospice hired to direct the race.

“We just love that race,” said Kenzie, 27, who works for Downtown Middletown Inc. “It has come full circle for us.”

The historic cemetery is a special place for them because Alex’s mother, Therese Bruns, is buried there. She died of brain cancer in