SPAIN
MARATONINA DEL VINO CITTA DI MARSALA
Callie Foster ran a half marathon in the historic wine city of Marsala
This race starts just outside the old city walls, under the Porta Garibaldi where around 700 runners congregate. The atmosphere before the start was very friendly and talkative; running clubs from all over Sicily (and the rest of Italy) were represented and there were only a few runners, like my husband and I, not in club colours and club tracksuits.We found it mindblowing that there were only four portaloos at the start and at no point was there ever a queue – simply unheard of at a race in the UK!