Machine-translated from Faroese and not yet reviewed. Read the original.
Today the third round of the Winter Series (VK3) was run in Hvalvík and Streymnes. The weather over the last few days, indeed the whole of the past week, has been quite uncertain. The weather was uncertain last night and this morning too, for that matter. But at a little after 10 this morning it suddenly turned calm, around 3 degrees, and the sun felt like peeking out. Fantastic! The only pity was that there was a lot of ice on the stretch from the village road to the sports hall at Margáir, and that the village road in Streymnes was still slippery.
Just before the start at 11:00 the weather changed again. An ice-cold wind, first with hail and then with sleet, put a damper on even the toughest runners. Guttorm Sørensen nevertheless tried to make life hard for the other runners by keeping the pace as high as possible. Only Sam Vang managed to keep up. And as they set out on the last of the three laps, Sam put in more pace himself and opened a gap on Guttorm. Sam held this gap all the way to the finish and so came 1st ahead of Guttorm, who was 2nd. Henry Olsen, who won the New Year Half Marathon, came 3rd. Sam therefore still has maximum points, with three wins in a row in the Winter Series.
Rebekka Fuglø won both of the previous rounds in the women’s race. Due to illness she did not take part today, so a new winner had to be found, and several were in contention. There was not much between the top three either, and in the end Borgny Mohr Nielsen, Bragdið, won ahead of Ella Áarstein, Treysti, and Gunhild Helmsdal, Bragdið. Ella also won the veteran women’s race. Here Karin K. Petersen, Treysti, came 2nd and Hergerð Heldarskarð, Bragdið, 3rd.
The men’s veteran race was won by Henry Olsen, Bragdið, while Borgar Biskopstø, Treysti, and John Egholm, Hvirlan, took the next places. Only one junior turned up. That was John’s son, Ólavur Egholm, Hvirlan, who thus won gold. This is not the first time that father and son have returned home to Velbastaður with something around their necks. The top scorer among the super veterans, Óli Olsen, Bragdið, was not on the start line today. Jens Weihe took advantage of this and won his first victory in this year’s Winter Series. Gunnar Simonsen, Treysti, came 2nd and Jóannes Ortind, Frælsi, came 3rd.
Marnar Djurhuus, Treysti, who recently returned from Malmö, where he won silver in a 1,500 metres race, was the favourite to win the boys’ group. Like the girls’ group, this group ran one lap, or about 3.2 km. Marnar did indeed finish well in front, with a very good time considering the conditions. Regin Joensen, Bragdið, who was also in Malmö, came 2nd and Einar Gregersen, Treysti, came 3rd. One girl took part. That was Hildur Poulsen, Bragdið, who received the gold medal.
The fourth and final round will be in Hvannasund on Saturday 26 February at 11:00. More about that later.
The results are here
The overall standings after round 3 are here
Photos can be found at www.picasaweb.com/treysti
