Runners who have arrived at Smytham Holiday Park and those who are staying the the holiday park have collected their numbers at the park, there is a short woodland walk to the start line which is directly on the path. The opening section of the route is a lovely downhill trail for about 5km in length. You will have a road crossing and your first drinks station at 2.5km and your second approximately 5km in at Torrington Station.
This part of the route is lovely and green, very sheltered and tree lined as the route cuts it's way along the hill sides and across the river torridge as it heads towards Bideford where the next drinks station is situated. At the Bideford drinks station you will have just crossed the half way point and the route will have flattened out. The next station comes with 7km to go at Instow, where you will have your second tunnel to run through on the route shortly thereafter. There is one more drinks station to go at 5km to go whilst you run along beautiful river banks before you turn off the tarmac trail and on to the farm tracks and fields which will bring you to the finish line.
