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'The most amazing experience': The mystery Ironman proposal couple step forward
The couple who got engaged on the finish line of Ironman 70.3 have spoken about their "amazing" experience.
Dean Cox, 33, and Jemma Terroni, 29, have been together for two years, with Dean getting down on one knee after they both finished the 70-mile-plus challenge.
The couple come from Braintree in Essex and are no strangers to tough endurance challenges.
"We do lots of challenges together, and lots of marathons and ultra marathons, so I thought that it would be a good place to propose," Dean said.
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"After we finished the run, Jemma's mum handed me the ring."
The 33-year-old said he didn't expect to be snapped on camera while proposing by somebody at the event, and he was then asked to propose again with a microphone for everyone to see.
(Image: Supplied) Dean added: "I was confident of a yes, you have to be to do it in front of that many people, with both sets of parents there, but we thought it would be special for them to be there."
Jemma added that the proposal was" the most amazing experience".
(Image: Supplied) While recovering from the endurance race, which saw the pair run, swim, and cycle their way around Greater Manchester, Jemma and Dean haven't had time to make any official plans for the wedding, but they are hoping to have it abroad.
The engaged couple has, however, planned to do a Spartan Ultra Challenge later in the year.
Not content with completing the IRONMAN course, the Spartan challenge comprises a 50km course with more than 60 obstacles.
In terms of last weekend, Dean commented on the typical northern weather battering down on the athletes.
The triathlon entrants had to contend with the waters of Pennington Flash in Leigh for a 1.2 mile swim, before cycling 56 miles through Leigh, Atherton, Westhoughton, Horwich and Bolton and ending in a half-marathon around the town centre, Queens Park and Chorley New Road.
