Article: Bride Fights Off Her Jitters With a Jog; Silver Spring Woman Finds Time for 10K Race on Wedding Day

Nobody would have guessed it was Katia Segre's wedding day.

Only 12 hours before the 27-year-old Silver Spring woman was to wed in College Park yesterday, Segre wasn't at home polishing her nails or worrying about the flowers.

She was out running a 10-kilometer race down the streets of Old Town Alexandria.

The bride wasn't the only one who didn't have the usual pre-wedding jitters.

Mom was out there huffing and puffing and crunching gravel along with her daughter.

So were Segre's sister, her stepfather and several friends involved in the ceremony. They all got up early yesterday to run in the cool morning.

Segre explained her choice of pre-wedding activity matter-of-factly.

She ...

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