Active South West Ltd
Next Race: 28/02/2027
Taunton Town Centre
Next Race: 28/02/2027
Taunton Town Centre
Matt Bryant
Well organised
Brilliantly well organised event with great communication via email leading to the day.
Loved the museum as drop off and registration
Amazing marshals throughout all extremely encouraging
Start and signage easily was and visible.
Only possible thought of change was how to lead runners into starting funnel for the start.
Other then that one small thing an amazing event and certainly interested in doing next years.
Paul Caddick
First one I’ve done excellent organised very supportive. Marshalls were amazing couldn’t have been any better have signed up for next year. Thank you to all involved
Hannah Newnes
Good fun, glad it’s done!
The roads and the cars were a nightmare they needed to be closed. Running with so much traffic was dangerous and held runners up at points. I enjoyed but was hard going.
Jeffrey Smith
HILLY - Very well organised
Fantastically run event, loads of quality marshals, results posted quickly. Although they do differ a little from my watch time. (a min slower)
Probably won’t run it again as a little hilly for me!
Joanna Crossman
Bloody brilliant!
Fantastic race, well done to all the organisers. Pre race info was superb, picking up numbers, bag drop, toilets etc were all easy and well organised. Well marshalled and lots of support
Louise Dymond
Amazing Half Marathon!
It was well organised and the marshals were great, lots of encouragement through the race!
I will definitely be signing up again for next year!
Kelly Summers
A well organised event, really enjoyed it! The pacers were fab!
The start was a bit confusing in terms of where to stand for the timing you were aiming for.
Brilliant!
We really enjoyed today, the event was excellent! Great organisation, professional, friendly staff and a great atmosphere. The route was lovely with the right amount of signage and water stations. Well done!!!
Harry Bridges
Really good and competitive event to get the children involved with!
The start needs to be spread out over at least 3/4 of the whole road. The small area the children were contained in at the beginning lead to many falling over whists running and being pushed, if this was to be improved it would make it even better.
Thanks for your Feedback Harry. Next year we are going to implement 2 waves, 12-17 year olds and 5 - 11 year olds. This should minimise the issues you've raised. We also need to reiterate that it's a 'fun' run and not a 'race' so people shouldn't be pushing and shoving. Glad you enjoyed it and thank you for your help handing out the medals to the half runners after. See you back in 2027. Dan, Alex and Dave
Matt Orchard
Friendly event and crowds
Richard Councill
Excellent event, great atmosphere at the finish right in the centre of Taunton.
ALISTAIR CAIRD
Atmospheric
A overall fantastic event and very well organised, fantastic crowds from start to finish. Amazing start and finish line experience 100%.
Only negative would be drivers ignoring road closures and driving and weaving in and out amongst the runners pushing their way past, worst section was Norton & Hele Lane into the back of Bishops Hull, was absolutely gridlocked with even a lorry pushing passed, quite dangerous at times. This will need to be reviewed prior to the next event.
Thanks for the feedback Alistair. All of these pinch points have been noted and we have a meeting with the council and the traffic management team booked to agree a way forward to eradicate these issues. Thank you for your support and we hope to see you back again in 2027. Dan, Alex and Dave
Justin Harmsworth
Fantastic Half with rolling hills on coutry lanes with a town centre start and finish.
Comms excellent throughout
Liam Groves
Well organised event with great support from spectators
Really well supported event and great job by all involved.
Marshalls were excellent
Mat Clothier
Excellent well organised fun great. Great to have it back.
My only comment would be that water station 3 was too near the thin bridge which meant as I passed there was a car going over and lots of runners walking or standing on the bridge with their water so I had to stop. If the water station were further back that might aid congestion. Otherwise well done bringing the race back, awesome job all round.
Laurent Boon
Well supported and marshalled on a challenging course.
Rebecca Little
Great fun!
Some issues with the start funnel (may have been a me issue). Would’ve loved my samba bands! Fab marshals
Dean Piper
A genuinely heartwarming experience of my first marathon.
I don’t normally do reviews. But today was fantastic. I mean I had a long line of people follow so I didn’t need to worry about the signage and directions but the Marshall were fantastic. So encouraging and kind it really made th event what it was.
Karen ARDLEY
Truly excellent
Trish Rex
Good support
Only issues were traffic wanting to pass and getting very close to runners down the lanes and one of the water stations wasn't in great place on a narrow part of road hear narrow bridge, causing congestion with cars passing aswell it wasn't safe.
Thank you for your review and feedback Trish. For 2027 we are reviewing the traffic management and hope to close the road over the bridge at Bradford on Tone which will make that section and the water station much safer. We are also looking into closing the road in Bishops Hull. Hope you will be joining us again in 2027. Dan, Alex and Dave