When: October 16 2011Where: Palma, MajorcaFirst Man: Mark Dalkins (2:34:17)First Woman: Sonja Oberem (2:51:53)Last Finisher: 6:00:35No. of finishers: 9205 (across the marathon, half-marathon, 10K and kids' events)White sandy beaches lined with palm

expect to be offered orange slices, jelly babies, booze, ice pops and even a quick shower from onlookers brandishing hosepipes. There were cheering sections on the remotest sections of the A184 and even the cheeky kids squirting people with water bottles

four months of hard training for my stint as a Runner's World pacer. But the route I ran on this fateful Thursday is fraught with traffic lights, tourists, school kids and an astonishing amount of other runners. So the last relay leg of the Hyde Park