Words Hannah Lees
For regular runners, races are an integral part of the sport, the anchors on which we hook our training plan. Every year, there are also lots of people who take up running specifically to enter a big event as a personal challenge or to raise money for a cause close to their hearts. It’s no understatement to say that 2020 has put paid to many best laid plans; when Covid-19 brought races to a sudden halt in March, the Bath Half Marathon was one which found itself caught in the centre of the drama.