SOME 650 runners will be taking part in the Taunton 10k this Sunday.

The route begins outside the Blackbrook Pavilion, heads through Holway, Stoke St Mary and Haydon before crossing the M5 and finishing back at the pavilion grounds.

Blackbrook Way will be closed between the Lisieux Way roundabout and Redlake Drive from 10.45am to 11.15am and Stoke Road will be closed from the church to Haydon Lane from 11.30 to 12noon.

For more information, click on the link by this story, and see next week’s Gazette for photos from the race.