,100 contenders, the lucky six will now embark on their marathon journeys - their Paris Marathon training schedules will start on Monday!Make sure you don't miss out on the expert training advice, injury-busting tips and community support they'll enjoy right up

Images]Les 20K de Paris (October)2009 Date: tbcThis single-lap race starts and finishes at the Eiffel Tower via the Bois de Boulogne and along the banks of the Seine. It’s a great event if you’re a race souvenir buff: as well as a medal you also get

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. London Marathon, April2. Berlin Marathon, September3= New York City Marathon, November3= Chicago Marathon, October5. Boston Marathon, April6. Stockholm Marathon, June7. Rotterdam Marathon, April8. Paris Marathon, April9. Honolulu Marathon

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

Stage 5: 42KToday was the marathon stage of the race. I managed to run the first half - I'd become bored with walking and wanted to test myself, but at the second checkpoint, at the 24K-mark, and with the temperature hovering around 50C, I took a

as I already had decided to do Paris Marathon the week before.Having never done either Paris or FLM before, and having a bit of an aversion to all things London-like, I can categorically state that FLM is by far and away the best marathon I have EVER