Tuesday is speed work day in Kenya too. And since it’s not raining, the track at Kamariny Stadium is packed with groups running intervals, practicing drills and chatting with their coaches.Wilson Kipsang, winner of the 2012 London Marathon, isn
It’s Monday morning at 5:30am. Today is considered an easy day on the Kenyan training schedule so we go for a gentle run from the High Altitude Training Camp down to the Kamariny Stadium. The track’s deserted because it’s raining but we decide to do
Madrid’s inner-city barrio of Vallecas. Starting at the Calle Concha Espina close to Real Madrid’s Bernabeu stadium, the route passes the beautifully serene Retiro Park and before the finish near to the metro Portazgo. Race website: www.sansilvestrevallecana.com
to watch runners on the opposite bank before heading to a grandstand finish in the 1928 Olympic Stadium. A single-loop half-marathon is also on offer. Race website: www.ingamsterdammarathon.nl Eindhoven Marathon (October)2009 Date: tbcThe Eindhoven Marathon
. The course is two laps around the central city’s 14 islands taking in the woods of the Royal Park Djurgarden as well as the Royal Palace, City Hall, Royal Opera House and Houses of Parliament before a finish in the 1912 Olympic Stadium. Around 50 per cent
