Teviotdale Harriers were well represented at Sundays Jedburgh Running Festival, both competing and organising.

Anna Galbraith emerged victorious in the women’s 10k race, Lisa Welsh competed in her first race for the club and Bruce Hughes smashed his PB in the half-marathon.

On a glorious late October day that was ideal for distance running, hundreds of competitors lined up under the towering figure of Jedburgh Abbey to await the simultaneous start of the 10k and half-marathon races.

The well organised, well marshalled, well sign-posted course, with a plentiful supply of feed stations was an out and back route. After heading through the town it made its way along the A698, with the 328 runners doing the 10k turning just after Mounthooly and the 346 runners in the half-marathon heading along to Eckford before looping around and heading back.

At the 10k turn, Anna Galbraith was a clear leader in the women’s race and cruised along second overall. When the 10k race returned back to the town, Anna secured victory by over a minute, stopping the clock at 37:16 and finishing third overall. Michelle Short (43:54) finished 5^th female with Lauren Corbett (47:17) 12^th and Lisa Welsh (54:33) 52^nd in the category which included 184 female runners.

In the 144 competitor men’s race, Andy Goodair (40:09) placed 10^th, with Derek Scott (40:17) not far behind in 12^th and the effervescent Alan Samuel (49:44) 62^nd.

The half-marathon winner proved to be former Teviotdale Harrier Darrell Hastie, who raced home in 1:12:11. Bruce Hughes (1:19:16) finished in 8^th, smashing his PB in the process. Iain Williams (1:22:00) was 12^th and Michael Yule (1:37:30) 73^rd.

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