Love is unpredictable in when, and where, you find it.
Just ask Newlyweds Latoya and Giovanni Govia, who found each other at the Suffolk Family Y.M.C.A. in 2016, while exercising on the treadmill. On Thursday, Oct. 24, the Govias tied the knot during a private ceremony at the very place they met, which made for a unique and happy wedding with friends, family, and plenty of gym spectators. During a Friday, Nov. 1 interview, one week and one day after giving their vows, the couple discussed the day they met and their unconventional wedding.
Giovanni detailed his version of meeting Latoya Jones. An avid runner, he says he was doing three 30s – running three 30 segments while pausing twice for two minutes breaks each.
“…and I don’t know when she came on the treadmill next to me, and I was running on the treadmill. I was doing my 30 minutes. She’s probably running about two miles or whatever, and we just got done at the same time,” Giovanni said. “And she said, ‘Why are you coughing? You have asthma?’ I was like, ‘I don’t have asthma! That’s nearly four miles in three minutes. A person with asthma can’t do that!’ And she was like, ‘Well, you could have conditional asthma.’ I’m like, ‘Well, you look like you can do another mile.’ …and then she got back on the treadmill and did another mile. But while she was running the mile, I was telling her, ‘Hey, you don’t have to go fast, you just don’t stop.’ And that was it.”