In a video of the proposal, which has since gone viral, Curran tearfully accepts the ring and gives her new fiancé a kiss on the cheek. Then she tells him: “I’m not even finished [the marathon] yet,” and turns back to continue running her race.

While the moment itself was sweet, Galvin’s timing could have been better: Curran still had 16 kilometres of the marathon left to run.

And although she completed the race in a very respectable four hours and 24 minutes, Galvin has been criticised for interrupting his now-fiancée’s momentum, stealing her thunder on the day of her important race, and adding crucial minutes onto her finishing time.

Overall, the viral moment has sparked a conversation about why many men choose to propose at big events in their female partner’s lives, such as marathons and graduations – moments that aren’t about them or their relationship at all, but are rather about the woman’s achievements.

Man interrupts woman running the marathon to propose – and the internet isn’t happy