European air fares and hotel prices may enable you to find it cheaper to cross the Atlantic Ocean to test your spring marathon fitness. If you do, you won’t be disappointed by the choice or the quality of these races. Las Vegas Marathon and Half

achieved top-class performances ahead of strong top domestic achievements, club runners, fun runners, celebrities and charity and costumed runners.First-ever London Kenyan DoublePerhaps surprisingly in view of Kenyan worldwide marathon domination, the race

your average lap around the city.Contact: Fortis City-Pier-City Loop, SMC B.V., Postbus 21955, 3001 AZ Rotterdam; e-mail info@fortiscpcloop.nl; web www.fortiscpcloop.nlBerlin 25KMonth: MayProbably the world’s top 25K race – though there aren

Standfirst: Author: Steve SmythePics:Issue date: Jul-Sep01Keywords: uan106-->The half-marathon is Britain’s most popular race distance, usually representing around 10 of the top 20 races in Runner’s World’s Races of the Year. The event requires a

then should you try adding extra runs on other days – and never double up on more than four days a week. And remember, back off if your pace drops or you start to feel unduly tired or sore.—Steve Smythe, RW Race Services Editor, runner for 30 years

-10 repetitions at their race pace, while top 10,000m and marathon runners will run up to 25 with a much shorter recovery.Below, we list suggested speeds for your efforts according to your best 10K time of the last 12 months, with the equivalent 400m time

improvements is all about the overall mixture - how you put long runs, speedwork, tempo sessions, rest and warm-up races together. The single most important session though is the long, slow steady run.Q. I was hoping for a sub-4:00 marathon but have been

to attack the race again. She finished full of energy and her time of 2:17:42 won her a $125,000 bonus for a world record in a women-only race (bettering her 2:18:56 from 2002) as well as additional prize money and appearance fees to give her close to a

fitness and race performances. Speedwork is not for you if you’re a total beginner. But once you’ve progressed to running 30-40 minutes or more, three or four times a week, you’re ready to start easing into it in the form of gentle fartlek (short, slightly

) it could be instantly higher on your list than London, where you forgot your lucky socks and that man was so rude to you on the Tube.That’s why when we decided to name the world’s 10 best marathons, we went straight to the top. We collected the opinions