Marathon runner John pops question

HE let her catch her breath before popping the question and taking it away again.

Tue, 07 Jun, 2011 - 01:00
Eoin English

Romantic runner John Broderick dropped on one knee after completing the 26.2-mile Bord Gáis Cork City Marathon yesterday and proposed to his long-term girlfriend, Sandra Russell, seconds after she crossed the finish line.

Hundreds of onlookers cheered as a stunned and exhausted Sandra said “yes”.

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CourtsPlace: IrelandPlace: Currow, KillarneyPlace: Co KerryPlace: AmericaPlace: St Patrick’s StreetPlace: CorkPlace: ClonliffePlace: Cahir, Co TipperaryPerson: JohnPerson: John BroderickPerson: Sandra RussellPerson: SandraPerson: Sonia O’SullivanPerson: SoniaPerson: Tim LuceyPerson: Billy MorganPerson: Darragh McGannPerson: Sergiu CiobanuPerson: Angela McCannPerson: Lucy BrennanPerson: TJ McHughPerson: LeevalePerson: Lizzie LeePerson: Alan O’SheaEvent: Bord Gáis Cork City MarathonEvent: OlympicEvent: Cork City MarathonOrganisation: Children’s Leukaemia AssociationOrganisation: Mercy University HospitalOrganisation: CorkOrganisation: Clonmel ACOrganisation: Mayo ACOrganisation: ACOrganisation: The River Gold Road RunnersOrganisation: Bantry
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