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