Andrias gave Gutti a race at the Sundalagsstevna.

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The stage was set for an exciting men’s race at the Sundalagsstevna. Gutti, who has been hampered by injury, and Andrias, who has been resting after his good marathon in Copenhagen, were both back. Borgar was also back, after work had kept him from taking part in the Norðoyastevna. So it was exciting to see how these three would fare against the group of six that ran together almost all the way at the Norðoyastevna.

It was Andrias who led. With Gutti, Borgar and Sam on his heels, the first kilometre was covered in 3:13 min. 50 metres behind, a group with Eirikur, Jóan Karl, Absalon, Djóni and Regin was pushing on. By the end of the first lap (2.4 km), the leading group had shrunk. Sam had dropped off, and Andrias was still setting the pace. He was also doing so as they set out on the last lap, but by now Borgar had also dropped off, and an exciting duel between Andrias and Gutti was on the cards.

Once out on the main road for the last time, with two kilometres to the finish, Gutti went past Andrias, who could not respond. Gutti opened up a lead of around 50 metres, which he held to the finish. Sam, who was 4th at the Norðoyastevna, showed improvement and ran into third place. He too can be expected to challenge for the lead soon.

The women’s race was marked by the absence of Bjørk, who is currently focusing only on the shorter distances, and Rannvá, who had fallen ill with a sore throat and fever. In their absence, Fríðunn Steinberg made the most of it and won comfortably ahead of Árna Helmsdal and Susan Jacobsen.

The younger veterans (45+) are showing real strength this year. Once again Regin won, ahead of Borgar and Absalon. In the overall race that day they finished 4th, 5th and 7th respectively. Very fine performances in competition with the younger runners, who will really have to raise their game if they are to beat the veterans.

The older veterans’ race (55+) was won by Jens Weihe of Frælsi. Jens is previously known as a footballer under the name Jens Lyn, and one has to say he still lives up to that name. Second place went to Kristjan Christiansen, who was nearly caught in a close sprint by the grand old man Harry Hansen, who finished 3rd

Results from the Sundalagsstevna 2008