Coming up . . . the AIMS races at the weekend – Great Wall Marathon, Sunfeast World 10km takes place in Bangalore, Nordea Riga Marathon, the Lodz Marathon in Poland, the Glitnir Copenhagen Marathon, and the curious Karstadt Marathon

The Great Wall Marathon will be held on Saturday 17 May on a course that incorporates an out-back section on the wall itself, including thousands of steps. The same day the Goteborg Half Marathon takes place in Sweden.

The following day, on 18 May, the inaugural Sunfeast World 10km takes place in Bangalore, India, featuring separate elite men's and women's races and a mass "Open" 10km event. World road running champion Zersenay Tadesse and former Marathon record holder Paul Tergat contest the men's race, while the in women's race Elvan Abeylegesse, former world record holder over 5000m, takes on longer distance specialists Berhan Adere and Salina Kosgei.

The rest of the day's action, which comprises four marathons – takes place in Europe. The Nordea Riga Marathon in the Latvian capital, the Lodz Marathon in Poland, the Glitnir Copenhagen Marathon, and the curious Karstadt Marathon in Germany, where two starts in Dortmund and Oberhausen converge on a common finish line in Essen.

Source: www.aims.org