More than 11,000 people crossed the Finish Line on a memorable day to embrace a new dawn at the GetPRO Bath Half in 2025.
In perfect conditions, hoards of participants celebrated at the city’s biggest annual sporting event, with their enthusiasm matched in equal measure by the thousands at the road side.
The people of Bath 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 superb 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. We expect the 2026 GetPRO Bath Half, on Sunday 15 March, to be even more popular and we are already looking forward to making it bigger and better than ever.”
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 just past the Royal Crescent.
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 (the Official NHS Charity of the Royal United Hospitals Bath).
Entries for the 2026 GetPRO Bath Half, on Sunday 15 March, are open now, with early bird entry costing £51.50. You can enter via Let's Do This now.
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.