A loved-up runner proposed to his stunned longtime girlfriend just before they both completed a marathon together in personal best times.

Nervous Niall West, 27, ran 26 miles with the engagement ring in his shorts before getting down on one knee and popping the question to Beth Miller, 28.

And the newly betrothed couple then jogged the final few yards of the race arm in arm before crossing the finish line in a time of 4 hours and 38 minutes.

Niall, who decided to ask Beth to marry him in December last year, said his heart was beating “a million miles an hour” during the final mile of the Manchester Marathon.