Afford Rent-a-Car Potteries Marathon, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire: Sunday, June 16WHY RUN IT?Challenge, atmosphere, supportBritains top summer marathon has five notable hills, and celebrates its 21st anniversary this year. The mostly urban route
biggest, and probably best, half-marathon 2002 date: October 62 Bristol BUPA 1/2M (5) 1:04:58/1:14:56Hosted the 2001 World Championships on a fast but interesting city course 2002 date: October 3 Hastings 1/2M (3) 1:04:11/1:17:08Atmospheric seaside event
-Surrey borders, is a popular summer event that attracts good fields for the three races.Best monthly eventThe Serpentine 5K is a simple, no-frills event a fairly flat lakeside 5K in Londons beautiful Hyde Park held on the last Friday of each month. The race
seaside summer marathon 2002 date: June 2313 Leeds Marathon (12) 2:36:20/3:01:40Quite a tough city-based, two-lap event 2002 date: May 614 Shakespeare Marathon 2:28:24/3:25:29Attractive rural event passing through Stratford Upon Avon 2002 date: April 2115
. This one could be just the ticket for a late summer holiday, as the race falls amid a week-long festival celebrating all that is Catalan music, a night market and a lace festival with bull fighting also scheduled for those inclined. The race itself
reward for the hell of running a glorious traffic-free summer 10K in one of the most beautiful parks in England, with indulgent feasts in the grass afterwards.Sign up direct or download an entry form here*They'll do their best...
or station. And the best part is that, as the race takes place at the start of the summer holidays, you can stay on for plenty of rest and recuperation in this wonderful part of the world.Field Up to 100Fee around €110Contact G Reix, Les terrasses de Genève
The numbers in brackets are last year's position; the times are last year's men's and women's winning timesIf we've been given an event's details, you'll find it in the Race Diary.While almost doubling its size caused some logistical problems
rather than hot and the hoards of summer tourists have yet to arrive so you're guaranteed a memorable weekend in a wonderful city. Expected runners: 14,000 PB Potential: 7/10 Contact: Viale B, Bardanzellu 65, 00155 Roma, Italy; 0039 06 40 65 064; fax
excruciatingly hilly and slow and offer a far greater challenge than London on both road and trail. Apart from the hilly events, many of the races here offer an ideal opportunity for attacking that marathon PB without having to take several minutes just to cross
