For Better Or For Worse

For Better or for Worse is a weekly podcast following Alex Cyr and Alexis D'Souza: a couple soon to be married, each with a goal to run the best race of their lives this fall. Alex is an experienced competitive runner. Alexis is just getting started. Together, they're navigating wedding planning, first long runs, training blocks, and everything in between. This week, Alex goes to Morocco; Alexis makes a friend at the Colonoscopy clinic. New episodes every week. Subscribe so you never miss a mile.🎙️ Follow the journey:📍 Alex Cyr — elite runner, soon-to-be husband📍 Alexis D'Souza — beginning runner, soon-to-be wife#RunningPodcast #ForBetterOrForWorse #MarathonTraining #CoupleGoals #RunningCouple #BeginnerRunner #WeddingSeasonEpisode 2 - 0:00 - Intro1:00 - Alexis goes to Paris6:30 - Alex's "work trip" in Morocco14:00 - Colonoscopy Corner18:30 - April Fools 202624:00 - Alexis' running workout33:00 - Goal setting for 202637:30 - Alex's season opener42:00 - Is Alex a professional athlete?46:00 - Wedding planning chaos51:00 - Hot or Not? 54:30 - No cups at the Paris marathon59:13 - Celebrity marathoner

Show Notes

For Better or for Worse is a weekly podcast following Alex Cyr and Alexis D'Souza: a couple soon to be married, each with a goal to run the best race of their lives this fall. Alex is an experienced competitive runner. Alexis is just getting started. Together, they're navigating wedding planning, first long runs, training blocks, and everything in between. This week, Alex goes to Morocco; Alexis makes a friend at the Colonoscopy clinic. New episodes every week. Subscribe so you never miss a mile.🎙️ Follow the journey:📍 Alex Cyr — elite runner, soon-to-be husband📍 Alexis D'Souza — beginning runner, soon-to-be wife#RunningPodcast #ForBetterOrForWorse #MarathonTraining #CoupleGoals #RunningCouple #BeginnerRunner #WeddingSeasonEpisode 2 - 0:00 - Intro1:00 - Alexis goes to Paris6:30 - Alex's "work trip" in Morocco14:00 - Colonoscopy Corner18:30 - April Fools 202624:00 - Alexis' running workout33:00 - Goal setting for 202637:30 - Alex's season opener42:00 - Is Alex a professional athlete?46:00 - Wedding planning chaos51:00 - Hot or Not? 54:30 - No cups at the Paris marathon59:13 - Celebrity marathoner

What is For Better Or For Worse?

For Better or for Worse: the show where a beginner and an elite runner, engaged to be married, try to survive training, racing, and each other.

Meet the Hosts:

Alexis D’Souza: Beginning runner, Gilmore Girls fanatic, real estate agent. 5k PB: TBD.

“Alex catfished me into this whole running thing - 100 mile weeks was never part of the deal. But my siblings are into it, and my friends are racing marathons; so I’ve finally decided to see what this fuss is all about. It can’t be that hard, right?”

Alex Cyr: Running nerd, writer and journalist, 63-minute half-marathoner.