Machine-translated from Faroese and not yet reviewed. Read the original.
On Sunday, Bragdið is organising Tórshavn Marathon for the 11th year in a row. Those who don’t have the desire or energy to run a full marathon can also try the ½ marathon, which, as usual, is on the programme again this year. “Rør teg…Tórshavn” is also part of Sunday’s event, and in connection with it you can run 2.2 km or 5.5 km. The programme for “Rør teg…Tórshavn is on the front page. Online registration for Tórshavn marathon is now closed, but bib numbers can be bought at Torgið in SMS on Friday between 10:00 and 18:00 and on Saturday between 10:00 and 18:00. Registration for “Rør teg…Tórshavn” takes place at Torgið at the same times, and also on Sunday between 10:00 and 12:00. You can also register online by clicking here.
Once again this year, many will take part in the marathon race. Most of them, however, are foreigners who have come to the Faroe Islands on a running trip. The Faroese runners will compete among themselves for the Faroese marathon title. There are titles in the open category for men and women, in the veterans’ category for men and women, and in the super-veterans’ category for men. The condition for taking part in the Faroese Championships race is that the participant is a member of a Faroese athletics club. In connection with Tórshavn Marathon, participants can sign up as members of one of the clubs and thereby compete for the Faroese Championships. Becoming the country’s marathon champion naturally carries a certain prestige, and once again this year several good runners are ready to take on the longest Olympic running distance. Entries are still open, but for now it looks as though the men’s Faroese Championships race could become an exciting contest between three Bragdið runners: defending Faroese champion Eirikur Hansen, Niels Poulsen and Cecil Weihe, who won the Faroese Championships and Tórshavn Marathon in the first four years the race was held, from 2003 to 2006.
Unfortunately, Faroese participation in the women’s race doesn’t look very strong. Only three Faroese women are on the list so far, but hopefully a few more will sign up before Sunday.
Cecil Weihe after his fourth and, so far, last Faroese marathon title in 2006. Will he win it again in 2013?
