Sunday 14th June 2015
Welcome to the first Yeovil Marathon and thanks for joining us.
Parking and Loos
Keep it Clean
The Event Car Park is situated by the Nuffield Sports Pavilion
opposite the Fleet Air Arm Museum. This is a purpose built Car
Park but please obey the directions from any marshals if it is full.
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The Race is held on Public
roads and small Villages
around the route, pleased
help by disposing of any
Gels, Bottles or any other
rubbish at the Aid
Stations or rubbish bags
on the route. There are
plenty of Aid stations to
dispose of Rubbish.
Thanks
Changing and Toilets.
There are several changing rooms and will be designated male and
female. These are situated at the Nuffield Sports Pavilions and
another set by the athletics track close to the Start/Finish. Toilets
are situated at the Nuffield pavilions and there will be 6 portaloos
and 1 urinal unit close to the athletics track.
Registration
Your race number and timing chip will be available for
collection from 07.45 and will close at 08.45 from one
of our large marquees. The packs will be separated
alphabetically, so please help us by queuing behind
your own relevant Surname letter.
Road Protocol
The Route is around the roads of
RNAS Yeovilton and they are narrow
in places so please run on the left
hand side of the road in single file
wherever possible. Traffic should be
light but there are Churches on Route
and being a Sunday there will be
Services on in the morning.
Bag Drop Off
Race Start
We will have an undercover bag collection point in
one of the large marquees. Make sure you bag is
clearly labelled with your race number before
dropping it off. Your registration pack will have a
luggage label for this purpose.
The race start is on the athletics track, look
for the banners and start/finish arch. The
start will be at 09.00 so please get to the
start area by 08.50 ready for a race brief.
There will be sections at the start that
correspond to race duration, please stick to
your estimated race time, this way we will
reduce the amount of tripping up at the
start. Don’t forget to make sure your race
chip is securely fitted to your trainers, no
chip – no time.
Marathon Route
Water Stations
Once you leave the athletics track you are on
open public roads. There will be marshals at all
road junctions, they are there for your
protection but they have no power to stop
traffic, so obey all INSTRUCTIONS from the
marshals. The use of headphones that cover
your ears or are placed in your ear are banned
from the race and anyone with them will be
disqualified and your time will not be
published, however “open ear” (bone
conducting) headphones will be permitted. The
Race Director’s decision will be final in any
dispute.
There are 4 water stations around the lap,
roughly spaced every 3 miles. At each station
there will be bottles of water with sports caps.
We will have Jelly Babies available at some and
we are still awaiting delivery of some GU gels
that will be placed at some. We will also be
giving you the chance to be treated as an elite
athlete, how, by providing you with the
opportunity to have your own energy drinks
placed at the water stations. At the registration
area there will be 4 boxes for you to place your
clearly labelled bottles that will then be taken
to the water stations and placed on the tables
ready for you to collect on your way round. All
discarded bottles will be placed in bin bags for
the recycling. Could you keep any empty gel
packs with you till a water station and not just
discard them along the route please.
Finish Area
When you get back to the athletics track you will run the final 300 meters anti-clockwise around the
track and finish next to the grandstand. As you make your way through the finishing funnel we will
have people there to remove your race chips, then you will receive your medal, goody bag and some
hydration. Please make your way back to the tented area to collect your bag and take advantage of a
massage. Inside your goody bags will be various items and if you are lucky enough there will be spot
prizes, so please have a good look through whilst you are still on the site.
Presentation of Prizes
Children’s Fun Run
Prizes will be presented at 1300 by Mark
Ormrod, a former Royal Marine and now a
motivational speaker. The Yeovilton Military
Wives Choir will be singing either side of the
presentations. These will be in the same
marquee as the bag drop off.
There will be a children’s fun run starting at
10.00 and will be free to enter for children up
to the age of 16, but we will be asking for a
small donation of £1 that will go to the 2
charities. All the entrants will receive a medal
and a tub of ice cream on completion. Register
your child/children next to the marathon
registration point.
Event Area
Food and
Refreshments
Inside the event area will be a number of stalls for you to browse.
There will be a sweet and gift stall, Usborne books, Royal Navy &
Royal Marines Charity, Yeovilton Military Wives Choir, Tony Pryce
and Juice Plus. Em-Ben Bouncy castle hire will be there and will be
free to use, but they will ask for a small donation. They will also
have their ice cream wagon too that will be chargeable.
Sodexo will be operating the Nuffield
Pavilion bar and a BBQ which will be
chargeable. On the Yeovilton Military
Wives Choir stall will be cakes as well.
Spectators
A few notices for anyone coming to spectate. Although the event is
being held on a Sunday and is fairly enclosed I would like to ask that
you keep an eye on your children as the access roads will become
very busy especially at the beginning of the event, race start and
finish and as people are leaving the site. Dogs are allowed but please
can you keep them on their leash and if applicable keep a muzzle
fitted. If you are planning on going around the route to spectate then
please be considerate to the athletes that are running. Where
appropriate please use the paths or wide grassed areas. If you would
like to smoke then can you please use the smoking area outside the
Nuffield Pavilions.