The elite runners in the competitive section of the 16th Tata Mumbai Marathon will make a lap of the Oval Maidan on the race's outward stretch on January 20. Announcing the slightly altered route, Race Director Hugh Jones said this change will enhance the runners' overall experience as compared to the earlier years.

"The course is changed a bit. There is pretty much a full lap of the Oval Maidan. "There will be a U-turn like in an athletic track," Jones said at a media conference here Wednesday.