article_snippet.sent: A marathon runner stopped one and a half miles before reaching the finishing line - to propose to Parson girlfriend.
article_snippet.sent: Romantic Ben Parsons, 34, of Brighton, East Sussex, stunned girlfriend Anna Jefferson, 36, by getting down on one knee after running 24 and a half miles.
article_snippet.sent: Ben Parson, 34, paused in the middle of the Brighton marathon and proposed to Ben Parson surprised girlfriend, Anna Jefferson, 36 .
article_snippet.sent: Ben then got down on one knee and popped the question and Anna said yes, before Ben ran onward towards the finishing line, still managing to get a personal best timing and completing Ben sixth Brighton Marathon in 3hrs 36min.
article_snippet.sent: Ben Parson said: 'I wanted to do something romantic to surprise Anna and the Brighton marathon has such a feelgood, loved-up atmosphere
article_snippet.sent: Ben Parson had already run 24.5 miles of the 26.2-mile Brighton marathon when Ben Parson stopped to propose to girlfriend and mother of Ben Parson two children, Anna Parsons .
article_snippet.sent: It felt like the climax of a minor British rom-com': After Anna said yes, Ben Parson carried on with the 26.2-mile Brighton marathon .
article_snippet.sent: Newly-engaged: The happy couple are stood after the proposal The happy couple . '
highlights_snippet.sent: Ben Parsons, 34, from Brighton, proposed to girlfriend Anna Jefferson, 36 .
  