David is the Managing Director of the company and Race Director for all of our self-delivered events and Event Director for our partner events. David is responsible for the strategy, corporate strategic partnerships and sponsorship and overall event delivery within the company. A keen runner with over 20 years of project management experience, including a BSc (Hons) in Construction and Project Management, David enjoys the challenges of pulling together the planning and logistics for the events, as well as the dynamic experience of event weekend.

Tash is the Director of Customer Experience at Front Runner Events and Race Director at all of our self-delivered events and for our partner events. Tash took up running in 2014 following the announcement of Swansea’s first half marathon, several half marathons and marathons later Tash is still an avid runner. Tash joined the company in 2016 and is responsible for overseeing customer experience, charity partnerships, event registration, and supporting the Managing Director in his duties.

Nick co-founded Swansea Half Marathon along with David in 2014, since that time he has seen the company evolve into what it is today and although it remains a small but dynamic team he remains to be the lead in overseeing the operations and logistics of each event. This involves everything race and event related and includes all stages of event management from the planning to implementation of each event. Whether it be race route planning, event build, co-ordinating volunteer and crew, to race village design, he plays a vital role in ensuring a smooth ‘running’ on race day. Nick is an experienced long distance runner, dog lover and fitness fanatic.

Emma is the marketing director at Front Runner Events, she deals with the advertising, public relations, communications and marketing strategy. She helped set the company up with David and Nick and has enjoyed seeing the business grow and develop over the years. She also took up running as a result of working with team which has helped her gain a greater understanding of the expectation of our event participants making our team a truly grassroots organisation.

Rachel joined the team at Front Runner Events in June 2024 as Event Manager, after working as a Sector Head for four years. Rachel has experience of running and working at our races and has been a keen runner for over twenty years. Rachel took up running originally to manage her physical and mental health whilst studying at university and set her sights on running a marathon. Rachel’s background is in science and engineering, and she is passionate about improving the environmental impact of events, making them as sustainable as possible. Rachel is responsible for co-ordinating runners and volunteers and crew and managing data analysis.