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SWITZERLAND Raving since 2019 Active 5 years, 1 month agoAbout Me
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Future Races
Future Races (3)
| Race | Distance | Location | Date | Paid |
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| Loch Ness Marathon & Festival of Running | Marathon | Inverness, Scotland | TBD | |
| Warsaw Marathon | Marathon | Warsaw, Poland | TBD | |
| Generali Cologne Marathon | Marathon | Cologne, Germany | TBD |
Past Races (2)
| Race | Distance | Location | Date | Result | My Raves | My Performance |
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| Sparkasse 3-Country Marathon | Marathon | Lindau, Germany | Oct 6, 2019 | |||
| Palma Marathon | Marathon | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | Oct 14, 2018 |
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Palma Marathon
Not too good if you do the full marathon
Palma Marathon
You set off with the half marathon runners, so very busy at the start and for the first few km. Be aware that at least 90% of runners are only … MORE
You set off with the half marathon runners, so very busy at the start and for the first few km. Be aware that at least 90% of runners are only doing the half, so quite off-putting with their quicker pace. Consequently, the refreshments are undersized and very crowded for the first part of the race.
For the full marathon, it is 2 laps and it is the second lap where lots changes from the first lap: suddenly very few people around, both cheering you on and running with you – a bit spooky at times as you can be quite alone with the next runner 100m ahead of you. Also, in the old town if you are a bit slow you get all the Sunday morning shoppers strolling around in the alleyways who do not have a clue what is going on, very frustrating. I did see a few runners disappearing down small alleyways off the main drag – sneaky shortcut or abandoning?
Towards the end of the race you do get some encouragement from some of the tourists sitting in the bars in some of the squares.
The refreshments were really disappointing: uncut and unpeeled bananas, very weak isotonic, disgusting water at some stations. And that’s it, no chocolate or other goodies.
Do not underestimate the heat and dehydration for this race as there is little shade when running next to the sea.