a doctor’s certificate saying that you are fit to run.)Watch out for: Downhill start over worn cobblestones.Contact: Marathon International de Paris, A.S.O. Athlétisme - 2 rue Rouget de Lisle TSA 6110092137 Issy-les-Moulineaux Cedex; e-mail infos

. The cost of this is at your GP’s discretion. "Your doctor might sign it for you for free or you may be required to pay a fee, the cost of which is a bit of a lottery – anything from £10 upwards." says Mike Gratton from 2:09 Events. "However

and contradictory country, where vintage American cars compete for road space with Ladas, where you can get a Mojito in every bar but find it hard to eat a decent meal, and where taxi drivers and tour guides are better paid than teachers and doctors. Those

: the Rotterdam Marathon is, quite possibly, one of the fastest courses in the world. The nearest you will come to a hill are the underpasses and occasional bridges, It’s the largest one-day sporting event in the Netherlands and also attracts a large number

meant you reached '3K' at about 1K. No water stations and no promised sports drink and above all NO MEDALS!’ Then it was the turn of the Feelfine British 10K to dodge the brickbats. Sadly, the organisation of this event has been criticised before on our