This is the second RnR race I've done and in general I always hear good things about their race series. The race was supposed to be on Sunday the 28th, but due to the elections it had to be moved to Saturday the 27th. They've told us this about two months in advance and they've made sure that if you were flying in late on Friday you could pick up your bib until midnight and if you had to cancel that you could do so.

The expo was at the IFEMA, which is easy to reach by metro. But from the metro station you had to cross the entire expo center to get to the race expo. Some more signs pointing you in the right direction would have been nice. It was a decent size expo and it was easy to pick up your bib, shirt and race pack.

There were 8 different corrals at the start, but they were the 10k, half and marathon combined. So, more than 30,000 runners were spread out over the 8 corrals, with the last one being the biggest one. I was in the last corral and it didn't bother me that much, it didn't take that long for most of the runners to pass me and I could quite easy run at the back of the pack.

The aid stations had water and Powerade in bottles, which you could then throw in the designated bins, only a lot of runners didn't do that and threw theirs on the ground. There were aid stations at 6, 9 and 15k. Since they handed out bottles I do think there were enough aid stations. And after the finish you got a reusable finisher bag with water, Powerade, juice and an apple.

They had medical staff on roller blades which also had vaseline with them and muscle spray. I thought that was a pretty smart move, because they could keep an eye on the runners, but they were also easily recognisable and approachable.

I was running at the back of the pack and unfortunately most of the bands had already stopped playing by the time the last runners came by. So, I did get to experience Madrid, but not a whole lot of Rock 'n Roll.

The course went along the soccer stadium, the famous bank buildings, a palace, the main train station and some other famous buildings in Madrid.

I enjoyed running this half, but I'm not blown away by it. It was pretty well organised and I did really like the medal and the shirt.