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After a good day for the young Treysti runners yesterday, when Rebekka Fuglø won gold in the 800 metres and Marnar Djurhuus won bronze in the 3,000 metres, both of them were back in action today in the 1,500 metres.
In Malmö a month ago, Rebekka set a solid personal best when she ran under 5 minutes for the first time, getting all the way down to 4:50. Today it was not the time but the placing that mattered most. Once again Karina Klok was the only challenger. And once again the two of them ran together for most of the race. But when Rebekka ran the last 200 metres in 35 seconds, there was nothing Karina could do, and yet another DM gold came home to Norðdepil! And what’s more, the time was even enough for a small improvement on her best, finishing in 4:49.21.
Karina Klok of Amager AC and Rebekka Fuglø on the podium after the 1,500 m, which Rebekka won with a personal best (PB)
Marnar’s tough 3,000 metres yesterday had taken a heavy toll on his legs. Although the 1,500 metres was run at a fairly brisk pace today, on fresh legs he would have been able to keep up. But after half the distance Marnar had to let the leaders go and get home as best he could, battling for fourth place. He managed that without trouble, finishing fourth in 4:21.34. In Malmö Marnar ran 4:16.74, so he was a little disappointed.
Marnar (272) was well in contention for a long time, but then yesterday’s race began to take its toll
Guttorm Sørensen, who is Treysti’s leader and coach, is very pleased with the results over these two days, which have brought them two DM titles and a bronze medal. On top of that, each of them has set a personal best, and Marnar’s in the 3,000 is also an age-group record, just two seconds short of the men’s indoor record.
Guttorm Sørensen was extremely pleased with Rebekka’s performance in the 1,500 m
Here is Marnar’s 3,000 metres from Saturday, when he won bronze: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHdLcZZfn_4
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