More than 11,000 people crossed the finish line at this year’s GetPRO Bath Half Marathon on Sunday, taking full advantage of the sunny weather and cheering crowds.
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Thousands of participants joined the city’s biggest annual sporting event, with their enthusiasm matched in equal measure by crowds at the road side.
Residents were also treated to a thrilling elite race earlier in the day in the chase to qualify for the World Athletics Road Running Championships.
Abbie Donnelly secured qualification for the half marathon at the championships, which will take place later this year, with a run of 69:54, six seconds inside the qualification time, while Jake Smith won the men’s race in 62:20.
Joanna Wales, Event Lead for the GetPRO Bath Half, said: “It has been an incredible weekend in Bath, concluding with the GetPRO Bath Half.
“We saw the very best of the city and its people – both on the course and at the roadside – including the elite runners who got us underway and the thousands in the mass field who brought colour, fun and a feeling of real community throughout.
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“We expect the 2026 GetPRO Bath Half, on Sunday 15th March, to be even more popular and we are already looking forward to making it bigger and better than ever.”
The flag for the half marathon was dropped by the University of Bath’s Karolina Pakenaite, who will attempt to become the first deafblind person to climb Mount Everest next year.
Participants exited Royal Victoria Park, heading west along the north of the River Avon, and looping back towards the city at Great Pulteney Street. There was a second loop past Royal Victoria Park, before the grand finish on Royal Avenue.
It is the first time the biggest charity fundraiser in South West England was organised by London Marathon Events, the UK’s leading mass participation events organiser.
Participants were decked out in the colours of more than 100 charities as they raised millions for causes close to their hearts, including the three charity partners Alzheimer’s Society, Cancer Research UK, and RUHX.
Entries for the 2026 GetPRO Bath Half, on Sunday 15th March, are open now, with early bird entry costing £51.50. You can find out more here.
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The entry process will once again include the option to donate to the Bath Half Marathon Fund which, in the history of the event, has distributed more than £570,000 to good causes across Bath and North Somerset in the last 22 years.
Earlier in the day, Abbie Donnelly and Jake Smith triumphed in the men’s and women’s fields in the official trial race for the 2025 World Athletics Road Running Championships Half Marathon.
Smith finished in 62:20, ahead of Omar Ahmed (62:43) and Dewi Griffiths (63:03), while in the women’s field, Donnelly ran 69:54, the third fastest winning time in Bath Half Marathon history.
Donnelly finished ahead of Natasha Phillips (72:06) and Annabel Gummow (72:26).
On the Saturday, hundreds of families took part in the inaugural GetPRO Bath Miles presented by Bath College.
The free event welcomed children and young people to run, walk, jog or wheel around a one-mile route in the grounds of Royal Victoria Park.
Entries for the 2026 GetPRO Bath Miles, to be held on Saturday 14 March 2026, are already open, and you can sign up via Let’s Do This for free here.
