Two of the world's fastest marathon courses will provide the stage to open the spring marathon season 2010: Rotterdam and Milan. While the former has a long standing tradition, the latter is still a rather new race. Nonetheless, Milan - which moved from fall to spring this year - can already be considered the number one breeding ground for future world class runners. Remember that Duncan Kibet won Milan in 2008 before storming through Rotterdam in 2:04 low last year, world's second best to date.
Dutch precision vs. Italian stile di vita.