The Hillingdon Half Marathon is back in it's third year, and promises to be bigger and better than ever, with the added option of a shorter race.

Runners can take part in the 21km (13.1 mile) half marathon or try the 10Km (6.2 mile) race on Easter Monday, March 28.

The race will be organised by Active Training World under UKA rules and hosted at Brunel University London 's campus, where the race will begin and end.

The standard Half Marathon course

James Shipley, a race organiser with ActiveTrainingWorld, said: “We want to keep the race fresh and exciting so this year we have introduced the new 10K event and also made some changes to the previous half marathon course.

“In the last two years we have seen fantastic support from runners and spectators so hopefully that will continue once again in 2016.

"We are also thrilled to announce that a local company have become the headline sponsors of the race. Bird & Lovibond is a local law firm that provides professional legal advice and a truly personal service from its offices in Uxbridge , Ruislip and Greenford ."

The race is open to anyone aged 17 and over and passes through parts of Uxbridge, Cowley, Yiewsley , Stockley and Hillingdon.

This year's new addition: A shorter 10km course

Gary Bennett, Managing Partner at Bird & Lovibond Solicitors, are sponsoring the race as they feel

it's “important to support the local communities that we serve.”

He said: “This support takes many forms and we are delighted to be able to include sponsorship of the Hillingdon Half Marathon to our support programme.

“Many local people enter the event and it helps to raise money for charities which are chosen by and therefore close to the hearts of the individual participants.

“We will be entering a team, so why not join us!”

If you would like to sign up to run the Hillingdon Half Marathon, visit the registration page here .

If you're running the race for a particular cause, or would like to share your Hillingdon Half Marathon story, email katherine.clementine@trinitymirror.com