Big Sur Marathon, CaliforniaIf there's a better excuse for a holiday – and a better way to see the sights – than a foreign race, we don't know it. We asked you to tell us about your favourite overseas events, and the results are tantalisingly good

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

Running a marathon is a major event for most of us. That’s why more and more of us are heading abroad to race over 26.2 miles. Most of us who visit European cities to race, such as Stockholm or Berlin for the weekend, think of the marathon

bit rich organising a race that is a kilometre or so longer than the half-marathon, think again. Any thoughts of running fast can be forgotten for this point-to-point, which, for a road race, could euphemistically be described as ‘rather hilly’ (560

commit to your finish time and have your photo taken which you can share with your friends on Facebook.ASICS Target 26.2Now race day is nearly here, make sure you catch up with the latest from our team of Paris Marathon hopefuls, Sarah, Alex, Steve

ideas for your spring or summer holiday. The races listed here are not necessarily the best-known races in the country – we assume you don’t need to know any more about the Paris or Médoc Marathons – nor are they necessarily the biggest, although some

: 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

following a move at work. Marathons are his favourite event and he's already clocked up a magnificent seven.Most likely to: Get drunk the day before the attempt and not turn up! Did you know? He once appeared on Blockbusters and got soundly beaten

It's not a marathon and it's not got Paula Radcliffe, but the Great North Run is one humdinger of an event.This road race in Tyne and Wear attracts the kind of attention and numbers that many full marathons can only dream about. On October 1, when

this year, making it the most lucrative one-day annual fundraising event in Britain. And with charity runners making up a large part of the fields at an increasing number of events, from the Great North Run to the London Triathlon, or even the Paris and New