Sydney Marathon

Sydney is an absolutely beautiful and charming city, so I thought that this Marathon would be a good excuse to come to Australia. Unfortunately, the organization of this Marathon was quite poor. They knew that the weather would be very warm, up to 85F/30C, so they moved to an earlier start... the 10K and the Half Marathon! Yes, shorter races started earlier, but not the Marathon. Expo was small and not interesting at all. I didn't see a single fruit on the Marathon course, no bananas, no oranges, nothing, just water and sport drinks. I ran this time slower than usual due to a hot weather, and when I finished (definitely not the last one!), there was nothing at the finish line other than bottles of water (when I wanted to take two bottles, a volunteer told me 'only one bottle per runner!'). Most of the course was very hilly but beautiful, but running a loop after a loop in the Centennial Park was very boring. The Sydney Marathon is supposedly a Candidate Race for the Marathon Majors. I ran all of them, and I expected in Sydney so much more!