On a nice bright day, the weather just right and a good crowd of 300/400 runners we set off on a one lap for the half marathon and two for the marathon. The first part is flatish and leading out into countryside with Marshals, and traffic kept under to a contra flow arrangement.
The first water station was well provided for but from this point on with the half marathon runners using large quantities this diminished the amount for the Marathon runners later.
Young people who did not appear to exercise any issuing discipline manned the water stations in the main. So for the Old Phart water was taken on at 5/18/25km and that was it, so then had to rely on the hand bottle. Even the sponge stations didn’t have sufficient water so it became a dry, sweaty day.
However overall with the run through the villages, the mountain views, the run around the harbour, the few not too difficult hills and the final 3-4 miles through Magaluff to the finish, it was a nice experience.
The marathon crowd who stopped in the hotel and drank the White Horse dry made the weeks visit to Majorca quite enjoyable.