add add * Bandra-Worli Sea link part of Mumbai Marathon route

STAFF WRITER 20:39 HRS IST

Mumbai, Dec 3 (PTI) Runners participating in the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon on January 17, 2010 will run on the Rajiv Gandhi Bandra Worli Sea link, which will be part of the 42.1 km course, organisers said here today.

The seventh edition of the race which will have 14,500 runners taking part in full marathon and half marathon will offer USD 3,10,000 in prize money, an increase of USD 60,000 from last year.

For the first time in seven years there will be a separate start for half marathon which will commence at Bandra and end at CST.

The change has been necessitated by the need to avoid convergence of the runners of the two categories and give the participants of the full marathon a clear route from start to finish, the orgainsers said.