Disappointing to see that over 300 people didn’t even start the race. I’m sure there were still plenty on the waiting list.

Maybe an additional stand handing out sweets?? Round about the 8 - 10 mile mark ... Loved the steel drummers could've done with something similar at the top of shutewater hill ...

As always very well organised, great support and amazing Marshalls. Easy to navigate and amazing support/ atmosphere.
Couple of things to consider for next time:
Starting pen was mad. I was near the back but had fast runners barging past as they couldn’t move up the pen before the start.
Water stations ran out of cups by the time us slower runners got there. I was lucky I had a bottle to fill up but others didn’t.
The timing went from fun time but it took nearly 4 mins for us to cross start line so big difference between garmin time and official time.

Really amazing atmosphere, volunteers absolutely fantastic every step of the way round.

Great route, mashells were brilliant. Great atmosphere. Loved the finish .
Good medal and t-shirt. Would highly recommend

Super

With the roads still open some cars were very close to runners and cars coming both ways while runners were on the road. I've done lots of races and always felt safe even with open roads but today, im sorry to say, I felt unsafe.

Marshals and organisers did an amazing job well organised event

Thank you for the loos. Great to know they were available and people handing out water were fab.

Could next year’s t shirt be available in Ladies sizes rather than just unisex? With a lower neck too?
Big improvement on the old Taunton half ‘Fruits of the Loom’ shirts but the unisex shirts don’t fit us ladies very well. Thanks.

Thank you for bringing this event back to the town - a really outstanding piece of organisation. The town was alive. Great to have the market on the same day.

Very well organised, excellent support throughout the entire course, few big hills but the course itself was great and marshalls throughout. Loved it and would highly recommend

Overall event was fantastic.
The race start was a little congested and there could have been more road closures but these were minor things!

There were plenty of toilets and they were clean.

The only downside was running on open roads which were quite busy. I did feel safe but it is something which will make me consider whether I will register for next year.

This was a great event, with a brilliant atmosphere - both at the start/finish and right along the route. Thoroughly recommended! 2 small things to consider for 2027 - 1) the queue for bag drop was quite long, some additional volunteers to help with bag check-in would be really helpful. 2) some of the faster pacers arrived in the start funnel quite late, which meant it was hard for many runners to judge where to position themselves ahead of the start. We had to guess, but then ended up a little far back, our pacer arrived and took up position well ahead of us, but by then it was too busy to move up. Two small points but hopefully helpful. Congratulations to the organisers for a great event overall!

Hope this is helpful feedback because I’m really grateful to the team for bringing this race back to Taunton and I really enjoyed the event.
- bag drop not very secure, suggest more separation between bags and runners.
- email communication was excellent
- registration fast and plenty of loos.
- loved the museum as race HQ
- front loading the starting pen worked out but might cause friction
- car people mix up to Norton felt a bit uncomfortable at times although everyone was polite and other than full road closures, which I guess are unlikely, not sure what to suggest
- liked the course changes at start and end