Quote:
Originally Posted by universe24
Thank you very much on the info.
It seem that the event occupied the beach way from four mile beach all the way to Port Douglas...
No chance to observe near the beach,...?
I will be at Port Douglas that time...
|
On the basis of the information shown on the website:
The marthon route runs along the beach on the way home - that is at the end of the race.
For the full marathon the first runners will be on the beach about two hours after the start at third contact (and about one hour after fourth contact) so there should not be any interference to eclipse watching.
For the half marathon however which appears to start at the same time as the full marathon, the first runners may be coming along the beach round about fourth contact so that will be something to watch out for.
The other thing is the tide. High tide is about 9 AM on what will be one of the highest tides of the year. So the beach will be getting smaller and smaller and if you are staying until fourth contact you will need to be above the tide line at that time as well as being aware of possible half marathon runners.
The marathon organisers were advised of these issues months ago but apparently have decided to press on with the beach run. An interesting question is what will happen when the bulk of runners try to run along a virtually non existent beach at high tide.
Rgds,
Terry