The worst marathon I've ever participated ....

Doing an italian marathon you must not expect  a lot of enthusiasm along the course, so this didn't surprise me. But in addition to that, the course was rather ugly. Except for the start/finish-area and the turn around the "duomo" I had the feeling, that the organisors simply wanted to provide 42 kilometers - not at all caring about interesting sights.

At many crossings, italian car drivers could obviously not be held back by the police - so runners often had to stop. Even tramways were blocking the track.

On some parts of the course you had to run right beside the cars without any barrier!

So if you are collecting marathons: go for it - if you are up for a great marathon-experience: stay away!