Road & Trail Running
Many of our members participate in the very large and varied range of road and trail running events on offer in the Southwest, including the Somerset Road Running Series, as well Taunton Marathon, Taunton 10K , and many others.
Main regular club training sessions are Tuesday nights at Castle Track from 6pm - 7.30, plus others by arrangment.
See also our 'Seniors-page' for more details and club records.
For main full fixtures list for 2011-12 click TAC 2011 Calendar. Road Races coming up soon:
| Day | Date | Event | weblink |
| Sun | 29 Jan | Hestercombe Humdinger 9.5m | weblink |
See also regular Killerton ParkRun (weekly) and Minehead Seafront Races
Recent 2011 RESULTS In brief :
25. Sep. 2011 - Taunton 10K: Taunton AC runners take top honours on home ground. A field of over 600 competitors from throughout the Southwest and further afield turned out to compete in drizzly rain this Sunday.
In the Mens race Luke Scott of Taunton AC took1st place overall in a time of 32
:16, more than 1 minute clear of the rest of the field. Other Taunton AC members taking top 10 placings among the 330 male finishers included Ollie Ager 36:29 (8), Steve Willis 36:31 (9) [&3rd M40] and Tom Mellor 36:35 (10), followed closely by Richard Caburn in 36:43 (13) [&4th M40]; Michael Dunn 41:50 (46) ; NickChapman 42:18 (51); Alex Rogers 43:22 (71); Jochen Langbein 56:38 (257) [18th M50]
Of 260 finishers in the Ladies event TAC's Naomi Taschimowitz - running in her first competitive 10K road race - took the title in a excellent time of 35:14 (less than a minute outside the course record); next TAC ladies over the line were Rachel Langbein (9th) 43:22; Hannah Taunton (17) 45:09; Liz Taschimowitz 53:00 (60) [9th L45] and Suzi Griffith 1.02:18 (152) [29th L40]. Full results at Taunton 10K site. [If anyone has photos of the event for use on our web-site please email to web-master]
Aug 28th Battle of Sedgemoor 10K . Results available click here. First Taunton competitor home was Luke Scott in 5th SM with an impressive time of 32:40; followed by Nick Chapman 42:30 (97th), and Annabelle Lillycrop (V35) in 54:17 knocking further important seconds of her seaons best. David Cooke of Taunton Athletic Club, as wheelchair entrant,completed the race in 38:03 which would have equated to position 46 ! Well done all ..... and could luck to all competing at the Taunton 10K (25th Sept) and Bristol HMarathon this Sunday ( 11 Sep.).
Torbay Half: 1565 runners set off on this annual 2 lap race with Steve Willis and Paul Cuff coming in with impressive times of 81.47 (21st place) and 84.16 (32nd place).
Forde Abbey 10k: In this beautiful, but tough off road race in Chard TAC junior Max Patch - at the tender age of just 15 - came in 6th place iamong a string field of senior runners n a superb time of 41.55.
Quantock Beast 5.7 miles: In firm conditions under foot compared to previous years and strong sun times were slower tahn in the past but - Keith Paul consistent as ever came in 10th in a time of 41.17 whilst Sharron Kington, Annabelle Lillycrop and Suzi Griffiths came home in 55.33, 59.22 and 1.12.32 respectively.
Wellington Ten: TAC were represented in the 10k event by Keith Paul winnng the male vet division in 40.42 (4th overall) and Nick Chapman in 19th place in 45.38. Suzi Griffiths excelled by knocking 7 mins off last years time in 1.08.55.
Beacon to beach, Minehead : Over 7 country miles coverred by 250 runners: Ollie Berry won overall with a time of 35.07, followed home by Mark Hopkinson (2) in 36:42. An incredible 3rd place overall - and 1st in the U17M category went to TAC junior Joe Walton in 37:21. The under 17 Womens category was won by Rachel Langbein in 45:22 coming in also second female overall . Other TAC members competing in U17M - Harry Hall (2nd in 37:49; Harry Chin 44:10 (20) Archie Walton (22) 44:25 ; and U17W Yasmin Bailey (2) 53:27; M45+ Sean Walton 52:12 and Jochen Langbein 60:17. [Results link]
Wimbleball 70.3 - June 19 2011 : Congratulations to Mark Jones and Jochen Langbein who both completed their first 70.3 mile half-ironman Tri at Wimbleball Lake ... and have vowed to tackle it once more next year to improve on times.
Martock 10K : Congratulations also to Annabelle Lillycrop on her very first competitive race for the club at the Martock 10k, in a great time of 54.27. Keith , Sharron and Suzi also competed finishing in 39.01, 49.43 and 1.06.09 respectively.
May 22nd 2011:CONQUERING THE HILLS AT CREWKERNE
Luke Scott is in the form of his life with a fantastic win at Crewkerne 9 mile race, reknowned for its tough , hilly course. Following on from his previous win here in 2010, Luke took nearly two minutes off his time to come in 48.52. Well done Luke all that hard work really is coming to fruition. results
5th June 2011 CRICKET ST THOMAS 10k
Anyone who has braved this course knows the varying terrain covered on this one and Liene Penny took it all in her stride, recording an amazing 51.21 to come in 3rd lady
Every Saturday : KILLERTON PARK RUN
A seriously good Saturday morning out. 5k off road around Killerton and Free!! (just register on the Park Run site and that will enable you to run at any Park Run in the country). Don’t expect a flat pb course though.
April 20111 Taunton HALF
Well done to all Taunton AC seniors who ran the Taunton Half Marathon on Sunday. In form Luke Scott finished 2nd with a new PB of nearly 2 minutes to complete the 13.1 mile course in 71:04. Lienne Penny made an impressive debut at the distance and Hannah Taunton sliced a few minutes off her time from the previous year. Read more & Full RESULTS Click HERE
Many thanks to all the club volunteers who helped with marshalling this popular event.
October 2010:
Sunday 24th : Congratulations to TAC's Luke Scott 3rd in the tough 16M multiterrain Exmoor Stagger and Simon Cooper 2nd in the 6M Exmoor Stumble. For the full Stagger & Stumble results click here.
The Minehead 3 mile series kicked off early October with Keith Paul recording 17.19, Alice Watson 20.48 and Rachel Langbein on her heels in 20.52 (click here for Full results)
The inaugeral Cranmore Chase 10k near Shepton Mallet was billed as a multi terrain race, but was mainly on road and very hilly. Keith Paul from
September:
Taunton 10 K September 2010: TAUNTON AC had yet another outstanding turnout for our local Taunton 10k. Many PB s went tumbling, with many months of hard work coming to fruition.
1st home was Luke Scott 32.
15, A stunning PB, taking off over a minute from last years time.
A sprint to the line between team mates Tom Bloodworth 35.15 (PB) in 11th and Richard Caburn 35.16 in 12th made for great watching. ...read more here..
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8 Sep (Wed). Yeovilton 5km web-link
19Sep (Sun) Tricky Warren 10k and 4k individual and team event. Run to Support your local Airambulance Web-link
26 Aug26 Sept (Sun)
Past Road & Trial Running Results: (see also seniors page)
Sun 30th May Crewkerne 9m ; start
Sun 30th May Wells Fun Run10k Sunday - results
Sat. 8th May: The Black Death 10.1 Miles. Mark Hopkinson takes 1st place for Taunton AC in this tough race. Read more
also May 2010 results from Glastonbury 10K, Curry Mallett 10K, Yeovilton 5K - at R&T results