Salmon Run

Question 1

I want to take part  – how do i register and what does it cost?

Accepted Answer

Choose whether you want to take part in the 43 mile ultra or the community relay. We want as many people as possible to know about and celebrate these remarkable creatures together and enjoy running together and we don’t want cost to be a barrier to participating, so we have tried to keep costs down to a minimum. To register you need to fill out the form with your details. For Relay runners you can choose the section you want to run near the end of the booking form. There is a discount of £3 for teams entering 4 or more runners. Every person who is running, needs to fill out the form or have it filled our for them with all their details. We do ask that you do your best to travel to and from the Salmon Run by public transport, on foot or bike. We want to try and keep the carbon footprint of this event as low as possible. Bus and train links are good along much of the run.

Question 2

Will there be feed stations for the ultra?

Accepted Answer

There will be a minimum of four fully stocked feed stations with tomato soup, porridge, watermelon, oranges, bananas, crisps, jelly babies, coke, tea, coffee, cake, biscuits, cold meats and a few other things, approximately every ten miles.

Question 3

FAQs for Salmon Run Relay

Accepted Answer

Samantha
Samantha comes out of the sea in Exmouth and is carried by one team after another until she reaches Dulverton and the spawning grounds when she is returned to the river.

Changeovers and invocations
Samantha the salmon is only passed from one team who have finished a section to another that is starting when the master of ceremonies in the salmon coat completes the salmon invocation. Not before. On arrival at the changeover station the incoming team can keep the salmon or pass it to the master of ceremonies who will return it to them once they are ready for the invocation and handover.

Registering and bibs
Teams should arrive at least 15 mins before the incoming team arrives so that they can register their names and collect and pin a salmon run bib with a number.

Trackers and Timing
There is a tracker that travels up the river with Samantha with one member of the running team. At changeovers they must give the tracker to someone from the next team. People can check on their phones to get an update as to where Samatha is, live. With this there may be less waiting. Although there is an estimated running time teams can get in early. We need to leaving team to be ready so as to have no waiting. Here is the link to the Tracker online live map:
https://www.geotracks.co.uk/live/4328

Transport
We can’t provide any transport but there are a number of ways of making it easy. Being a Saturday there are plenty rail and bus links. You can arrange for a friend to drop you and pick you up or, as has happened, you may want to run back the way you came to where you left the car if your section is quite short.

Maps
At the start of a section teams will be given maps of the route. The same maps will be available online in the weeks preceding the run and it is advisable to check them out beforehand. The maps have photos too of places such as junctions.
This link may work for all the maps as one pdf. https://tidelines.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/exmouth-to-Dulverton-all-maps.pdf. Otherwise see the Tidelines Salmon Run 2025 page for this and other links.

Salmon and fish accessories
Let yourself go and find your inner salmon! Lightweight accessories in theme are totally welcome.

Medics
Medics can be called at any time of need using the phone number at the bottom of the route maps.

Water and Food snacks
Water and some small snacks are available at changeover points but you should really have your own supply.

Wear hi viz for visibility if you can.

Medals
Everyone completing a section should get a medal.

Cancellation or alterations and weather
We can run in rain up to a point but really bad weather can happen. On Thursday evening check the Tidelines.uk website, the Wildrunning.co.uk website, any Salmon Run Whatsapp groups and social media (@exetidelines) and we will email too.

Communication, Publicity and photos
Share any photos you can, it all helps. You should be on a Relay Whatsapp group which we will invite you to. Tag us if posting (exetidelines). If you do not wish to be in photos you should let us know.

Feedback
It really helps to have feedback. We will get in touch after the event to learn about your experience. You can also just tell us what you think at any time. info@tidelines.uk

Question 4

What is the cut off for the ultra?

Accepted Answer

12 hours or 8pm

Question 5

what is the altitude gain for the ultra?

Accepted Answer

1400 meters

Question 6

How many feed stations are there for the ultra and where are they?

Accepted Answer

There's a minimum of four fully stocked feed stations

Exeter Trans Shed, Exeter Quay (20k) https://w3w.co/hears.person.aims
Thorverton (35k) - Thorverton Green (the triangle). https://w3w.com/tangling.ironclad.milkman
Tiverton (50k)- Rotary Way by the river, where the food stalls are for the Eat Festival. https://w3w.com/pays.parts.plays

4. Bampton (60k)- https://w3w.co/economics.graceful.headings

The feed stations will include tomato soup, porridge, watermelon, oranges, bananas, crisps, jelly babies, coke, tea, coffee, cake, biscuits, cold meats and a few other things so they will be pretty well stocked.

Question 7

Where can I find the kit list?

Accepted Answer

The kit list is on our race brochure. However you will need:

A device with the route map on
£20 in case you drop out without tramsport
Suitable trail or road shoes depending on underfoot conditions
A seamed water resistant jacket
At least 500 mls of water
A collapsible cup or water container
Some snacks
Water resistant trousers
Long sleeved top

Question 8

How can I  find out more about the Atlantic Salmon and the Salmon Run?

Accepted Answer

Listen to one of our podcasts here Listen to a podcast about What happens when running meets art and environmental activism? and what it means to run for ‘nature’. Ceri Rees from Wild Running in discussion with founders of Salmon Run (Anne-Marie Culhane and Jo Salter). 33 minutes. 2023. Produced by Wild Running

Question 9

What's new this year?

Accepted Answer

Changeover points for the relay in more towns, city and villages to connect with more communities along the river (see map below)
The first leg of the Salmon Run relay is a new collaboration with Exmouth Parkrun along the shoreline (Parkrun is the first 5k starting at 9am).
Salmon Run: The Gathering festival of talks, creative workshops and games for all ages at Sideshore, Exmouth from 9.30-1pm .

Question 10

Can we get transport to the start/finish?

Accepted Answer

We've booked two taxis for ultra runners (Chris Cabs) which will leave from outside The Bridge Pub in Dulverton at 5pm and 7.30pm and take people to Mill on the Exe in Exeter and to Sideshore in Exmouth. He will take people on a first come first served basis, as soon according to finishing times (as long as you have booked transport). We should be able to offer a couple of spaces after this time back to Exmouth with our crew, once the final ceremony has taken place, but plesae don't bank on this.

Question 11

Where can I find the GPX files for the route?

Accepted Answer

The ultra and relay files can be found here

ultra https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TBY69fCNMgZgGVS5pl3KaJSmX8B6nSw5/view?usp=drive_link

relay https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U98KVmOQkq7fv-80PeQre3i6UjMFJrTE/view?usp=drive_link

Question 12

Are there toilets close to the start?

Accepted Answer

Yes there are public toilets immediately next to Sideshore at the start, although you may need change, as well as within walking distance east along the seafront at Exmouth EX8 2AY

Question 13

Where can i find the event brochure?

Accepted Answer

Here https://docs.google.com/document/d/105AtArVXH2rrRGoxU-w0NkYhknSXHlqm/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=115533132405717648268&rtpof=true&sd=true

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