for a post-race treat.Race website: www.fortiscpcloop.nl Runner's World Zandvoort Circuit Run, Zandvoort (March) 2009 Date: March 29Runner's World's own race at the former Formula 1 race circuit is one of the most exciting new events on the Dutch running

: April 26Madrid’s most important athletic event has seen around 200,000 runners attempt to complete the 42.2K run within the six-hour time limit, but only 120,000 have been successful to date – it is without a doubt survival of the fittest. The well

of the course hug the banks of the Seine River before runners head through Paris’s wooded suburbs before a finish at the magnificent Palace of Versailles. Unless you’re an elite athlete, the start is something of a free for all: a no-seeding policy means you can

On Sunday 3rd April, the 26th Marathon des Sables gets underway somewhere in the Sahara in southern Morocco. Around 1000 runners will be setting off t run 150 miles in six stages at what's often billed the toughest footrace on earth. I'll be one