The Exeter Marathon policy record

The proposed policy for the Exeter Marathon changed quite a bit in the last integrate of months since the race was conceived due to building and storm damage. The general idea for the final race policy was to be an out and back, with each mile mark lining up on the way back with its corresponding mile mark on the way out.

This meant that miles 1 and 25 were at the same point, 2 and 24, 10 and 16, etc. The stop line was 385 yards additional down the road past the start line, which corresponded with mile 26. It was nice to have an idea about what to expect, although had there been more population in the race then it would have been a tiny congested in areas where you passed population going in the opposite direction.

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I don't believe that this policy will be used again, however, and it worked out fine for the small numbers that were in the race.

The first few miles (and consequently the last few miles) along with the middle of the race were on smaller back roads without a lot of traffic, but a large measure of the race took place running south on Route 2 in the first half and then north again in the second half.

I'm not commonly a big fan of running along larger roads with a lot of traffic, although I am sure that it was relatively light given that it was a Saturday morning.

There was one urgency along the policy that we had to run nearby on the way out, although it had been cleared by the time we came back through.

The turnaround points in the middle of the race were a tiny inconvenient; there were 2 places where you had to run nearby a cone and head back the way you came. A few of the guys ahead of me turned back early when they saw the half marathon mark before realizing their mistake and had to turn nearby again in order to head over to the cone.

The mile markers were very well marked; there was a sandwich board at each mile with the corresponding mile marker, as well as a yellow hash mark every half mile and a white hash mark at the halfway point.

At least, I assume that there were hash marks every mile, since before the race it was mentioned that there was and the few times I did look down I noticed them. I don't commonly watch the road right in front of me when I am running so I went past most of them without noticing.

The policy is relatively flat, although what small hills there were seemed to be a tiny more difficult given the zephyr arrival over them on the way back in the second half of the race. Elevation runs in the middle of 82 feet above sea level to 250 feet above sea level, with a total ascent of 575 feet and a net descent of 17 feet as the stop line is a bit downhill from the starting line.

The Exeter Marathon policy record

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