Ask 10 runners what the best marathon in the world is, and you could get 10 different answers. Marathon memories are, to say the least, vulnerable to our own biases. Smash a PB in the Luton Marathon and (lets take a leap of the imagination here
place: half a dozen big red and yellow heated tents, manned by hard-drinking, fur-hatted clichés of the Russian male. A night cost $1100 a head, making it surely the world's most expensive camp site. Alongside the tents was the kilometre-long ice runway
of club mates from Bearbrook Joggers in Aylesbury.Revolutionary SpiritFar removed from the tourist-focused world that Havana is fast becoming, the Sierra Maestra offers a completely different but probably more authentic view of Cuba. It's a place where
high-fibre foods in the 24 hours before a distance race. This will help to avoid mid-race pit stops.Andy Bristow Running life: A former 10,000m World Championships finalist. He now runs five times per week. Years running: 25 Don’t assume