Course was fast till km 11 along the sea , then slower upndown with tight turns and stone pavement into the casco historico. Enoght support from the public. I complaint with the organization due to poor material of bip numbers wich many runners like me lost during the race or they had to hand it for the entire competion . For hm 70 euros (half marathon with photo and t shirt reach 120 eur ) this is a shame . Will never run anymore

Palma 10k for us was about a weekend away with friends, not just the race itself. It is hard to unpack that from the race itself. However, thinking about the race, registration was fine once you ensure you 'translate' on the website. The expo was nothing special and I had to queue for an unforgettable half hour in a tent that was hotter than Hades to purchase a cap. Two tills was unacceptable for the number of people purchasing kit. On the day itself, there is a pretty good atmosphere around the start line as you have lots of different distances (and a child's race the day before). The 10k runners go out 40 minutes after the other distances. The race bibs have your country's flag on and your name and that was nice to see where people were from. The start line is in the shadow (well, there was no shadow as it was incredibly warm!) of the beautiful cathedral. Other than that the route itself is not inspiring and there are very few people cheering along the way. I don't recall many marshals giving any particular encouragement either - there did not seem to be many. There was a water station around 2.5 miles, then a hill and then you turn back (it's an out and back). The water station seemed a long way away - around 4.5 miles and I was gasping by then as it was very warm. There was a good loud music station near the water stations. Route would have been better if there had been a couple of these, given there were few spectators. The finish line is the start line and you can see the cathedral again to give you a kick at the end. Was a big crush at the end to collect medal, but that soon passed. Once through that bottleneck, the area around the expo/finish line was pleasant enough to rest in. You get a medal, a lovely technical t-shirt (costs 10 euros) water and a packet of breadsticks at the end. Would I run this again? Yes and I intend to in 2019, but more to do with the ease of getting there from our local airport and the fun of going away as much as the race itself.

Well what a race that was. 

There were 4 different events over the day. Full marathon, half marathon, 10k & Nordic walking. Plus the kids run the day before. I opted to do the 10k, but in future would probably consider the half instead, so that I could see more of Palma.. The race cost was relatively cheap I paid 15 euros but had to pay another to hire a champion chip for another 5. The race pack had to be picked up from the start line prior to the race which included whatever merchandise had been ordered online & the race number. There was also a pasta party in the events village for all runners & 5 euros for non runners. I never ate any but off what I saw it looked decent.

On the Friday there was a 5k breakfast run as a prelude to the Sunday race. I dont know what this was like as I only arrived on the Saturday so never got chance to run it.

While waiting for the race to start there was various commentators keeping the crowd occupied in Spanish, English & German.

The race itself started out from just in front of the cathedral & for anyone that has never been to Palma the views are absolutely spectacular with the marina on the opposite side of the road full of million pound yachts & cruise liners. 

The course was an out & back on the sea front, going down one carriageway of the front out & the other coming back.There was a climb after a couple of miles up quite an unexpectedly steep hill. 

There were 2 water stations during the race with water, isotonic drinks, sponges & bananas. There was also plenty of medical support with medics along the road & plenty of cyclists & motorcyclist riding amongst the runners making sure there were no medical issues which was necessary considering that the weather was 27 degrees.

The local support was amazing with the Majorca residents turning out in massive numbers & showing plenty of vocal support & even the Navy people on the boat on the front waving & peeping their foghorn.

When the race finished there was a stall handing out the medals which I think could have been better organised,  the pen took us to the Expo (event village) which was the best I have ever seen. It contained more stalls then I have ever seen. There was (all free) cakes, pasta, water, isotonic drinks, Erdinger Frei (which was surprisingly nice for alcohol free beer).

Great race & great value considering what we got for our money. We even got free bus travel by showing our race number. One that will stay in my memory for a long while. It's a pity I had to come home!