Runner's World

WORDS: KERRY MCCARTHY. PHOTOGRAPHS: T

ONE METTE YTTERGARD

/MSM (TROMSØ)

RACE

JUNE 2018 RUNNERSWORLD.CO.UK 091

LONG HAUL/SHORT HAUL

Kaunas Half Marathon

LITHUANIA JUNE 10

A good example of the type of thing

you typically get at Baltic races:

huge crowd enthusiasm; a flat

course (just 14m of elevation);

some old-school architecture to

enjoy – including in this case

Medieval Gothic Renaissance

Baroque and Soviet – and an

endearingly chaotic but eager-

to-please vibe at the race village.

There are also marathon 10K 5K

and 1.5km fun run options.

Flights from...London Edinburgh

and Bristol direct to Kaunas from

£40 return.

While you’re there...Scare

yourself into being better behaved

with a trip to the Devil’s Museum.

It contains over 2000 depictions

of Satan in paintings carvings

sculptures and er soft toys.

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Tromsø Midnight Sun

Marathon

NORWAY JUNE 16

This is an event where the lines

between night and day are blurred.

In northern Norway the sun does

not set between May and July

so while the clock may say that

it’s the witching hour you’ll

be running in broad daylight.

Good thing too as Tromsø is a

stunning location. So take your

place alongside 8000 other

runners to gawp in wonder at

the mountains fjords and islands

you’ll pass along the way.

Flights from...14 UK airports via

numerous airlines. One stop and

prices from £140 return.

While you’re there...Visit the

Polaria Arctic Aquarium (polaria.no).

The building resembles a series of

ice floes set at alarming angles.

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NIGHT AND DAY

Look further aield for your race ix

SPOT THE

DIFFERENCE

Running at night in

Tromsø and (inset)

during the day in

Kaunas

The races that really

get you going

MY FAVOURITE FIVE

GREAT

NORTH RUN

My uncle got me to

step up from 10K and I

did this as my first half

marathon in 1985. This

year will be my 34th.

September 9

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TORONTO

WATERFRONT

MARATHON

I did my 100th

marathon there and

have now done it

15 times. October 21

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marathon.com

LUXEMBOURG

NIGHT

MARATHON

I love the experience of

starting a race in the

evening and the Samba

bands are fantastic.

May 12 ing-night-

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SIKHS IN THE

CITY DAWN TO

DUSK SUNLIGHT

ULTRA

A 2km multi-lap event

in London with onion

bhajis as you go.

December 19

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HONG KONG

MARATHON

There are plenty of

amazing sights such

as the Tsim Sha Tsui

Clock Tower.

February 17 2019

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HARMANDER

SINGH

Age: 58

Job: Social Policy Analyst

Years running: 40