The greatest Marathons in the world

Of the really big races Chicago has a good reputation. Then from the next tier of 'races you've heard of' there is the Walt Disney World marathon. After that there are any number of smaller races where you wont climb 100 feet. Your finishing time...

Wow - awesome - always wanted to do this one! Good luck!

My hardest- well predicted to be  'my' hardest is coming up..The Great Wall of China Marathon... 42.195km+ 5164 steps on the way!!

Have my place in the CCC. Will let you know how it goes. Any fellow tribesmen/women who have experience of this or similar runs, I'd love to hear an advice you can throw my way.

Anyone doing Barcelona in March?

I agree, I did Athens in 2011 and found it pretty dull except of it's historical significance of course. But it was well organised and the finish in Panathinaiko Stadium was pretty cool though.

Signed up for the CCC yesterday. Part of the UTMB. Have to wait to see if I get my place but 100 km in the Alps should be pretty spectacular.

Nike Women's Marathon is by far the best one I've done. Thousands of girls and a few dudes dressed like girls running the hills of San Francisco and getting handed a tiffanys finishers necklace by a hot fireman at th...

Rome marathon! Absolutely Stunning! Best way to tour around the city! Fairly flat course (a bit hilly on the last couple of miles), and cheap, it was 30 euros in 2010.

Highlight: Halfway point, when it leads you towards St. Peter's Basilica! The...

I have ran 10 marathons, i loved all of them for very different reasons, for excitement id definately say ING New York Marathon i ran it in 2007 my 2nd marathon and the whole trip was amazing the atmosphere in NY Cit...

I'd love to do the Giant's Causeway Marathon in Ireland. I'm not big into trail running, but this off-road event looks incredible. I've been there as a tourist and would love to run it on day, even if just for the craic! :)

Paris was simply amazing! The course is like taking a city tour. It was beautiful, flat and full of colourful characters. The snacks were hilarious - everything from bananas & oranges to cake & sugar cubes! The water...

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Hi Bill - you haven't missed out. The race normally goes on sale in Feb of the same year. There are a limited number of own places so if you miss out you could also look at the race/ accomodation packages. Kirsty

Thank you Steve, first thing is to sleep a bit more than now ...

Rest between the two so that you can recover is obvious advice, but worked for me when training for Comrades - I did an ultra or marathon every 2 weeks for 3 months or so, and was always fine the following run. Cross...

In November I am planning to participate to NYC (4th) and Turin (18th), do you have any particular advices to run not one but two in 2 weeks?

I'd love love to run 2013, did I already miss out?

I'd like to do this one, I live not far from Bordeaux, also would love the dressing up side of things.  Many of the local races are very serious, fun runners don't really exist.  I come from England and so used to the fun of the races there, so th...

Thank you, Lisa, for your advice :)

We stayed in a Days Inn I think.. very central and near to the coach pick up. It's many moon ago  2003.

I've loved all the marathons I've run in... each one has it's favourite bits.  But when my brother and I were at about the 24 mile marker on the New York Marathon a few years back, the spectators were all cheering re...

I have only ran one, it is part of the Rock N Roll series in San Diego CA.  It is a great atmosphere with bands about every mile, cheerleaders, great support through the different neighborhoods and just a great race...