APPLICATIONS are now being accepted for the Nationwide Building Society Swindon Half Marathon 2019.

The race, which has Nationwide as its main sponsor, will be on September 22 and starts at 9.30am from the town centre.

It had started an initial run of early bird tickets and is now welcoming runners of all abilities to get in an application before August 31.

Organisers have made the race start at a later time this year are it feared the 8am start last year put off runners from further afield.

It follows on from the phenomenal success of the the 2018 race which raised £118,272.49 for local charities, almost doubling the money raised in 2017.

There were early doubts whether the race would return in 2019 over the challenges of funding and sponsorship.

To enter go to www.newswindonhalf.co.uk