Taunton Half Marathon

📣 SPONSORSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT

For this year’s race Mountbatten Nursing Home were our Marshal Refreshment Sponsors; providing breakfast including hot drinks for those who were volunteering out on the course

We are absolutely delighted to announce that they will be doing so again in 2027. Managing Director Richard Brice says:-

“Mountbatten is a 30 bed privately owned and long-established nursing home based in Taunton, providing high standards of nursing care 24 hours a day. We offer nursing care for the elderly and those with complex medical health needs, we are privileged to look after those aged 30-100+ years.

We understand that choosing nursing care for yourself or a loved one is one of the most important decisions you’ll face. Our highly trained staff have a genuine interest in the wellbeing of our residents and take the time to understand each person as an individual. We pride ourselves on creating a home from home environment.

We are delighted to be sponsoring the Taunton Half Marathon in 2027 by supplying all the wonderful event crew with breakfast and a brew as a thank you for giving their time and to fuel them ready to marshal the event, keeping the runners motivated, informed and safe.”

We are incredibly fortunate that so many local businesses are getting involved in sponsoring the event in so many different ways and simply can’t thank our sponsors enough

🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️ STILL PLACES REMAINING CURRENTLY

But considerably less than can reasonably be expected to remain for too much longer

www.activesouthwest.co.uk to not have to rely on the waiting list 😁🏆

👞 Just occasionally here at Active South West we like to dispense some valuable running advice

Today we have some crucial information about running shoes 😜🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️ Any cool running adventures/racing this weekend?

Our very own Dan Brice’s Channel Events had their always superb One Fyne Night last night and there were a number of other races going on both yesterday and today

It was meant to be a bit cooler but not sure that was the case really!!

Happy Friday!!

Hopefully many of you have some awesome weekend running plans. In the meantime we are buzzing to announce that Wilkie May & Tuckwood will be continuing their sponsorship of Taunton Half Marathon in 2027 - look out for their logo at Mile 2 😁

Director Jack Battersby says:- “We are delighted to be sponsoring mile 2 of the Taunton Half Marathon again this year! We had a fantastic time sponsoring the Taunton Half Marathon last year - it was brilliant to see the event bring so many people from across Taunton and the surrounding community together, and we’re really pleased to be supporting it again.

We’re a proud, independent estate agency based in the heart of Taunton, helping people buy, sell and let properties across Taunton and the surrounding areas, including Bridgwater, Wellington, Minehead and Watchet. We’re passionate about our local community and believe in supporting the events and organisations that make Somerset such a great place to live and work.

There will be two familiar faces from the Wilkie May & Tuckwood team taking part, with Jack and Justin both running 🏃‍♂️ For Jack, the Taunton Half is also part of his preparation for the Manchester Marathon in April 2027, where he’ll be raising money for Anaphylaxis UK. So, there’s plenty of training still to come.

Good luck to everyone taking part!”

It’s awesome to see various people running on behalf of our sponsors - see Jack and Justin from Wilkie, May and Tuckwood on race day in the comments 😁🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️👊

Good afternoon everyone! Alex is back with another training tip. This time the focus is strength training. Take it away, Alex….

🏃 ALEX'S MONTHLY TRAINING TIP

If I could get every runner to do one thing outside of running, it would be strength training.

As runners, we often focus on building fitness but forget about building the body that's going to carry us through months of training.

Stronger glutes, calves and core muscles can help improve running efficiency, reduce injury risk and leave you feeling stronger towards the end of your races.

You don't need a gym membership or complicated workouts either.

Try completing 3 rounds of:
• 10 Squats
• 10 Reverse Lunges each leg
• 15 Calf Raises
• 30 Second Plank

The whole session takes less than 15 minutes.
I've seen runners make huge improvements simply by adding one or two short strength sessions into their week.

If you'd like advice on where strength training fits into your running plan, drop me a message.

📧 [email protected]

A huge thank you to run ABC South on this glowing write-up for Taunton Half Marathon and looking ahead to next year’s race 😁

What are you most looking forward to about next year’s event?

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📣 SPONSORSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT

Good morning! It’s a brand new week and with that we’d like to announce, with much appreciation, that Lentells Accountants will be continuing their sponsorship of Taunton Half Marathon in 2027 as an Associated Partner 😁

Laura Hart of Lentells says:- “Lentells are a local firm of Accountants with offices in Chard, Seaton and Taunton. Our friendly and professional teams are always on hand to provide advice and support for all accountancy and tax issues. We’re passionate about supporting the local community, not only through the exceptional service we provide to our clients but also supporting local events and initiatives.

Following the fantastic success of the events’ revival last year, we’re incredibly proud to be continuing our support of the Taunton Half Marathon and helping to make the 2027 race another memorable occasion. The event brings together a huge number of people from the runners, volunteers, local businesses and supporters from across the region, and we’re delighted to play a part in it.

A team of Lentells runners are set to take on the challenge once again and we’ll be sharing updates on their training and preparations as race day gets ever closer!

We can’t wait to see the event return and wish everyone involved the best of luck!”

Even if we could get the entire field of Half Marathon runners to shout “Thank you!!” in unison on race day it would still not be enough to illustrate how important our sponsors are to us!

Do you want to see the final medal design for 2027?….

Here it is!!! 🥇 🐉 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

What do you think? Let us know in the comments 😁

Crossing the finish line is an exhilarating experience, but sometimes it carries more meaning than running a race. Sometimes there's been a long and gruelling battle just to get to the start line. Sometimes there's an added emotional release because the race is linked to someone's memory or a cause you are passionate about.

If Taunton Half meant something significant to you on a personal level and you'd be happy to share you story then we'd love to hear from you.

Please email [email protected] if you have a meaningful experience to share : )