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Saturday 29 March 2014 will be a historic day. For athletics in Denmark, athletics in the Faroe Islands and perhaps for you too. On this day the World Half Marathon Championships will be held on the streets of Copenhagen, and it will be the biggest athletics event ever staged in Denmark.
For the first time, the public will be allowed to run in an event of this kind, and Dansk Atletikforbund has been given permission to let 25,000 runners line up alongside the world elite. Frælsur Ítróttur Føroya has been in contact with DAF and has been allocated 100 bib numbers to distribute among runners in the clubs under FÍF.
The plan is to put together a package trip in cooperation with Atlantic Airways. Departure will be on Friday, the race on Saturday, and the return journey on Sunday evening. This is all still so new that we have not yet received a cost estimate from AA. The race itself costs DKK 595. To get hold of one of the 100 bib numbers, the DKK 595 must be paid into FÍF’s account, account no. 9865 – 102.597.4 at Norðoya Sparikassi. Registration opens on Monday morning 26 November at 08:00!!
The World Half Marathon Championships have usually been held every year, but from now on they will only take place every other year. The route will be fast and flat, with no traffic. The start and finish will be at Christiansborg Slotsplads, and the intention is to stay as close by as possible. In the race itself, the elite women will set off first. Half an hour later the men start. The recreational runners start at the same time as the men!
The route will be fast and flat! Changes may still be expected.
THIS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO RUN IN A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS – so act quickly and pay for your bib number. Remember: buying a bib number from FÍF also counts as registration for the package trip with Atlantic Airways.
More information will follow as soon as possible!
DAF has made a special website for this event. It is called: http://www.copenhagen2014.dk/cms/?cmsid=443&pageid=8996
The crowd of runners on Slotspladsen in Copenhagen will probably be larger than at the half marathon in Eysturoy in 2000.
