of Marrakech is a tick-list destination among experience-hungry globe-trotters, and the highlight of its running calendar perfectly combines an exotic encounter with a simple road race.Thousands of runners - whose nationalities are as diverse as their abilities
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of the course the day before the race. California International MarathonWhen: December Where: Sacramento, California Who: 5,000 runners Why: To run really fast Info: runcim.orgThe California International Marathon is one of the fastest courses
If marathons were sandwiches, the ING New York City marathon would be filled with the most amazing ingredients that you’ll remember forever. However, the bread at the edges could be a bit better. The race itself is a phenomenon that engages all
, the race still had a lot to offer and, while it wasn't always easy to see five metres in front of your face, it was easy to see why LA had attracted nearly 30,000 runners from 21 countries to run its version of 26.2.For a start, the idea of testing your
in an obituary, so I settled in behind the dust cloud and jogged my way through the next two miles. As excuses go for a poor race performance, a bunch of cowboys is certainly different, but then the same is true about running in Cuba. It's a colourful
distance options for race-hungry punters of all abilities, including the full 26.2, a 30K, a half and a 3.5K fun run – and nearly 13,000 runners from 50 different countries converged on the city to take them on. Just a two-and- a-half-hour flight away
Ever wondered how much carbohydrate those lean, mean elite athletes eat the night before a race? Think of a decent-sized portion of pasta, double it, add rice, then a bread roll and you're just about there. Staying in the same Lisbon hotel
Sun lounger to 45 degrees: check; footballer's autobiography in hand: check; delicious cocktail in the other: check. Now, this is what I call a taper. This is not the kind of pre-race wind-down I'm used to – even as a staff member on the good ship
Waking up when it was still dark on Sunday morning, with screaming leg muscles and buses to the start leaving at 6.45am sharp, the prospect of taking on another race seemed impossibly cruel. But one thing spurred me on: the smug knowledge
