Machine-translated from Faroese and not yet reviewed. Read the original.
On Saturday the health run in Klaksvík got under way. Treysti has organised it for some years now. It is not a race: the idea is to turn up with good confidence on 17 Saturdays this summer and autumn and run the 5 kilometres. As mentioned, the first run was on Saturday, and the deputy mayor, Jógvan Skorðheim, came along to open the 2011 health run.
In his speech Jógvan gave an update on a new running track in Klaksvík. Interest in athletics in Klaksvík has grown year by year, and the call for a track to train on has become louder and louder. Jógvan Skorðheim confirmed that there is now also the political will on the town council to build a running track in the town. There are not very many areas in Klaksvík that are suitable for a running track, but the most obvious area is on the stadium grounds themselves. This is the area between Tekniski Skúli, the swimming pool and the Dr. Margreta kindergarten. The town council has set up a stadium group, which has now confirmed that the area is to be used first and foremost for a running track!
The future of Treysti: things are now moving towards these lovely children getting a track to practise their sport on.
The Treysti members cheered loudly when the news was announced. And that is easy to understand. The northern islands have many very talented young people who are crying out for a track to train on. And there can be little doubt that this is also a major breakthrough for athletics in the Faroe Islands as a whole.
A running track will not benefit only Treysti. The other sports clubs in Klaksvík, not least KÍ, will also get great use out of it, and individual residents can use it too.
Here is a link to a YouTube clip recorded by Jonhard Larsen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG6zHGcPdmQ&feature=share
