oldest, fastest and flattest marathons as well as a variety of innovative shorter races.Choose from our pick of the best Dutch races, selected by Runner’s World Netherlands’ Editor Ysbrand Visser, and your training will seem downhill from here. Egmond

It was the most talked-about new race of this year. It took 9000 runners round the legendary Grand Prix motor racing track at Silverstone, Northants. It's the official warm-up race of the Flora London Marathon - and most importantly, it was a

5. Boston MarathonBoston is the world’s oldest marathon, steeped in tradition and history, with fabulous crowd support, a top-class elite field and a surprisingly quick point-to-point course. Sadly it’s also a marathon that the majority of runners

Marathon has traditionally failed to catch the imagination of the running public. Things have definitely changed. The organisation has improved noticeably and it has the budget to draw a decent elite field – runners now flock to the race in their thousands

York’s five boroughs in one of the world’s greatest city marathons or want to mix it with the best runners in the world at the Great Ethiopian Run, our pick of the top 20 foreign races to do before you die is sure to inspire you to add a few more races

A new, better-fitting seamless upper for this firm, durably-cushioned staple of the big-guy and big-girl market. It’s not forrunners with stability problems, but the polyurethane midsole and Max Airrear- and forefoot cushioning is designed for heavy impacts. The 384g Internation...

Weight 209gEvaluation Think of the Speed Racer as the more basic alternative to Nike’s Air Sock Flame – which is a brutal thing to say, as Reebok perfected the outsole-free technology that both shoes use years ago. Both shoes have cushioning that’s impressively disproportionate t...

FILA Fila House, Follingsby House, Follingsby Park, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear TN10 8YG;0191-495 4900; www.fila.com2003 MODELSCUSHIONEDFGT1000 2002 MODELSCUSHIONEDFGT320STABILITYFGT340PERFORMANCE TRAININGFGT300FGT LightRACINGRacer2001 MODELSCUSHIONEDF1FGT320STABILITYFGT340Pantera P...

SALOMONSalomon UK, Annecy House, Wade Road, Basingstoke, Hants RG24 8FL;0800 389 4350; www.salomonsports.co.uk2005 MODELSOFF-ROADXA Pro 3D 2004 MODELSOFF-ROADXA Pro 2003 MODELSOFF-ROADXA-Series 2002 MODELSOFF-ROADFlagstaff |XA-Pro 2001 MODELSOFF-ROADRaid Race Raid Sport

AKZO Nobel Abingdon Marathon: Sunday, October 20WHY RUN IT?Speed, Oxfordshire countrysideA well-established autumn marathon, run over reasonably flat country roads.FEESLast year £9/£10ENTRIES TOAbingdon Marathon, PO Box 57, Abingdon OX13 6XR (01235 523351)E-MAILbobevans1@btintern...