Date
Sun, 4 Apr 2027
Start
11:00
Venue
Exe to Axe: Heyday's Restaurant/Sideshore, Queen's Drive Space, Exmouth, to the beach opposite the Mariners Hotel, Seaton
Beer, Devon
Countdown
April
The shorter way to Seaton: start in Sidmouth and run the last stretch of the Exe to Axe route. A small field and a manageable day out.
Key facts
016-hour limit, with a 17:00 finish cutoff
02Runners must be 17 or older
Create a free training plan for the Exe to Axe 18 km
7-day free trial, no card required
The course
The route
Beer
Distance17.7km
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate16.6 km
Weather
Early-April, Beer
11°CTypical high
7°CTypical low
1°CColdest in 20 years
41%Days with rain
Highs around 11°C and lows around 7°C, but it has dropped to 1°C. Rain on 41% of days.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
Results
Course verified. Results not yet available.
Organiser
OrganiserSidmouth Running Club
Websitesidmouthrunningclub.co.uk
Instagram@sidmouthrunningclub
Running since2005
Training
Training for the Exe to Axe 18 km
We don't do generic plans. We combine deep knowledge of this race's demands with your recent training, then build a plan with you that progresses as you do.
Beina integrates directly with your existing tools to understand your current fitness, and synchronise your planned sessions.
Intervals.icuWhat a Exe to Axe 18 km plan targets
Typical sessions
18 km
Time on feet and fatigue resistance
Fuelling and pacing for the whole event
What your weeks look like
Typical sessions
Long runs that build time on your feet
Tempo and threshold sessions to hold race pace
Back-to-back weekend runs for fatigue resistance
Not a generic schedule
Typical sessions
Built from your current fitness and the time you actually have
Adapts every week as Beina learns how you respond
Syncs your sessions straight to Garmin and Wahoo
One clear next session, never a wall of spreadsheet
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Get your Exe to Axe 18 km plan.
7-day free trial, no card required.
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