THE first female home in the Scottish Half Marathon at the weekend with a new female course record was Jennifer Forbes from Gala Harriers with a provisional time of 1:24:41.

It capped an incredible day for the local running club at the event, which finished at Musselburgh Racecourse, on Saturday.

Fellow Harriers Billy McCulloch also won the prize for 1st 55 Male Vet and David Nightingale won the 1st 60 Male Vet category.

Jennifer said: “I’m really surprised - it was a major PB for me! This is the first time I’ve ran in the Scottish Half Marathon and it’s only my third half actually. I loved the route, an amazing guy from Portobello paced a lot of it for me so big thanks to him. Fantastic, loads of support.”