01 April 2011, 7am

The Limassol Marathon, only in its fifth edition, has become the foremost marathon in Cyprus – Aphrodite’s island in the eastern Mediterranean where the weather is the warmest you can get within the European Union. The race date is fixed for the end of February, no doubt selected for when many runners from higher latitudes are getting fed up wih the dark and drizzle of a north European winter, and yearn for a bit of sunshine.