Wedding set for Saturday in Eugene, Ore. Brianne Theisen can run the race of her life, and the next day her fiance will perform an almost inconceivable feat of athletic strength and make headlines around the world. Such is life as one half of a track and field super couple. The 24-year-old from Humboldt, Sask., will marry American Ashton Eaton on Saturday in Eugene, Ore., the latest chapter in an Olympic-sized love story that began when the two met as teenagers at the University of Oregon. Eaton is the world-record holder in the decathlon and the London Olympic gold medallist. Theisen won the heptathlon at the prestigious Hypo Meeting this season in Gotzis, Austria, which is considered the unofficial world championships for multi-events. They are training partners, life partners, and each other’s biggest supporters. Still… “Sometimes it can get a little bit difficult just because Ashton is so good. Sometimes I feel like what I do can get overlooked or just overseen,” Theisen said in a phone interview from her home in Eugene. “I’ll [set a personal record] in a meet, and then the next day he breaks the world record. “It’s not that I’m mad at him or anything, I get so excited for him. But sometimes that part of it can get a little bit frustrating.” more
