Rome Marathon (Italy, March)It's no wonder that foreign runners make up more than a third of the field for this race, which is effectively a 26.2-mile sightseeing tour around the Eternal City. The race is held on a Sunday in March, and takes in the ancient splendours of the Colos...

Rome Marathon (Italy, March)It's no wonder that foreign runners make up more than a third of the field for this race, which is effectively a 26.2-mile sightseeing tour around the Eternal City. The race is held on a Sunday in March, and takes in the ancient splendours of the Colos...

Runner's World. But this is Negril, on Jamaica's west coast, home to the Reggae Marathon and Half-Marathon – and the famous seven-mile white sand beach that I'm lounging, sorry, tapering, on. Launched in 2000 to celebrate the fifth anniversary