TAVISTOCK Athletic Club has announced exciting changes to the fifth running of the Tavy 13 half marathon.

The run will be held on March 22, so athletic clubs are urging entrants to make a note in their diaries and get out training.

For 2015 the entry fee has been reduced to £8 for runners affiliated to England Athletics and £9 for unaffiliated runners.

Race director Tony Symons said: 'Runners face spiralling costs to enter events, some paying as much as £30 per race and so we wanted the Tavy 13 to give the entrants a fantastic running experience at a price they can afford. At £8 we have definitely achieved that.'

Secondly, the club has announced a completely new route for the fifth running of the event. Mr Symons said previously the course was run mainly to the west of the town, but now it will be taking in some of the breath-taking beauty of Dartmoor to the east of the town.

Course director Jessica Williams designed the new route.

She said: 'Tavy 13 half marathon will follow an entirely new course taking in one of the UK's most famous landscapes, the vast and wild Dartmoor National Park.

'The course will lead runners through the beautiful market square of Tavistock before heading out towards Peter Tavy. Once runners head off the main road they will follow quiet lanes over the dramatic and stunning high moorland areas of Dartmoor which lie on our doorstep, taking in Grenofen and parts of the Drake's Trail on their return to Tavistock.

'Runners will then finish at the home of TAC on one of the best athletics tracks in the South West for their very own 100m dash!'

While runners are taking on the half marathon, the very popular primary schools challenge and fun run will take place along Crowndale Road and finish on the athletics track.

Local primary schools will be getting pupils to run a half marathon over the next few weeks by running a mile a week.

This will culminate in their final 13th mile being completed while the adults are running the half marathon on March 22.

Runners can find out more by visiting http://www.tavy13.com">www.tavy13.com