3= Chicago MarathonIt may not have the crowds of New York City or the history of Boston, but in nearly all other respects Chicago now holds the edge as America’s best and biggest marathon. From its nadir in 1987 when the event was cancelled, Chicago
, Hamburg, Chicago and Paris marathons won the highest number of votes... but here are the most enthusiastically rated races:Big Sur Marathon, USA"Almost unimaginable beauty, following Highway 1 from Big Sur up to Monterey." —Brenda AveryApeldoorn Mid
previous race times - you'll be up for the challenge of following one of our marathon schedules and be prepared to share your training highs and lows with the Runner's World community (both online and in print).You'll already be a registered member
When Nike brought Paula Radcliffe, Paul Tergat and Sebastian Coe to the Flora London Marathon Exhibition, they exclusively invited runnersworld.co.uk members to add their own questions to the official line-up. Here's what they had to say
Adidas Half Marathon with a personal best of 2 hours 11 mins 2 secs with the help from the Runner’s World pacemakers. I have applied to run New York again in November and continually look for the next challenge and place to visit." More from this story
on the day. – Little Miss HappyYou can still do it but, it will require discipline. Take a week at a time but commit to it and you should be OK. – Road Runner 2I got round my first half-marathon on the RW 10-week schedule earlier this year. Following
