. Support is still limited, but Paris now has a race worthy of its standing as one of the world’s great cities. The course: Most European marathons promise a sightseeing tour on foot and then route you through large stretches of industrial wasteland. Paris

Le Marathon de la LibertéMonth JuneLocation Courseulles sur Mer to Caen (Normandy)Distance Marathon (42.2K)Why do it A readily accessible race with an added historic poignancy. This point-to-point marathon runs through the 17 villages and towns

Snowdonia Marathon: a 900ft climb over four miles"You can run London, Paris, New York every year - but to feel you have really 'run' a marathon, try Snowdonia. When you finish, you know you have run a proper 26.2 mile race. Best in the World

.More than 60 races made the grade, based on everything from “the sheer joy of running in a famous city" (Anne McGrane on the magic of the Paris Marathon) to this: “It was 10pm and a new moon was rising. The dune was awe-inspiring, a long ridge of sand

certainly never run a race like this one. It traverses one of the most beautiful bays at low tide, over sand of varying texture, with occasional waves lapping over your laces. The 13 or 14K as the seagull flies will seem more like a half-marathon effort

for the best ‘costumes’.Field 5000 runnersFee €14 (€16 after July 1). No registration on race dayContact Semi-Marathon Marvejols Mende Café de la Paix, BP 93, 48001 Mende Cedex, France; tel 00 33 466 49 30 29; fax 00 33 466 49 36 70; e-mail courir

, most of the comments suggested that what I was trying to do was egotistical and disrespectful to marathon runners. I even received abusive emails. But for every negative email I received, I got a positive one. The Paris Marathon turned into a sticky

Hanscomb at around mile 10. 70-year-old John is one of the 29 people who has done all 25 marathons. His son Guy used to work with me. I was just running along, minding my own business, and saw a runner with JOHN HANSCOMB written on his back. I ran past

months later, he returned as a road runner, running his first marathon at Essone, near Paris in 1979. There, he finished 11th in 2:21:22. In 1981 he was third in the AAA Marathon (2:16:40), then third in London (2:12:30) and third in the 1982 Commonwealth

: 0039 06 40 65 063; e-mail: info@maratonadiroma.it; web: www.maratonadiroma.it Paris Marathon, France2010 Date: April 11Runner's World recently chose this as one of the top 20 races to do before you die. And rightly so. The view from the Champs