Machine-translated from Faroese and not yet reviewed. Read the original.
As we wrote the other day, many Faroese runners were in Copenhagen on Sunday to run the marathon. Many ran to their best and beyond, while others found it a bit hard going in the sun and heat. Of all the Faroese runners, the best time went to a familiar face from the swimming world. Høgni T. Hansen ’71, who won gold in breaststroke at the Island Games in the Faroe Islands, ran very well and evenly. He finished 79th among all the men and 14th in the 40–44 age group. His time was 2:55:07. Faroese record holder Absalon Hansen ’59 also ran a good race. He finished in 3:04:12 and placed 15th in the 50–54 age group.
But the best result of all the Faroese runners belonged to Jens Weihe, ’47, running for Frælsi. He did no less than win his age group, 65–69! Jens, aged 65, averaged 12.3 km/h and finished in 3:26:33. Jens won the group ahead of about 90 others in that category. Warmest congratulations on the win, Jens!
Jens “Lyn” Weihe shows his quality abroad too. On Sunday he won his age group in the Copenhagen Marathon, and he is undoubtedly the first Faroese runner to have done so.
As well as Jens’s win, another Faroese runner also took a second place. It was our leading woman, Valborg Heinesen, who had come from Poland to run. She too ran evenly and well the whole way and finished in 3:17:04. And sure enough, she managed to finish second in the women’s 24–29 age group! Overall she finished 37th among all the women!
