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Once again this year, many Faroese took part in the Copenhagen Marathon, which was run yesterday. There were not as many as usual, though, and that is no doubt because of the World Half Marathon Championships, when over 180 Faroese ran in Copenhagen at the end of March. One who was not there that time was Frælsi runner Jens R. Weihe, who had otherwise been in great form all winter. A broken/cracked rib has kept him out of competition in recent weeks, but somehow he must have kept his training going.
Because yesterday he cleaned up, winning his age group in the Copenhagen Marathon in great style, more than 24 minutes ahead of the next man across the line. Looking at Jens’s split times, you can see that he lost a few minutes towards the end. So perhaps the cracked rib did disrupt his preparations after all. This is the third year in a row that Jens has run the Copenhagen Marathon, and also the third year that he has run in the 65-69 age group. In 2012 he won, last year he finished 2nd, and this year it turned into a big win. This year’s time is Jens’s best ever. And by the looks of it, he has not peaked yet at all. His result from the New Year Half Marathon suggests that Jens could well get close to 3:10 hours. But then he must not break any more ribs.
1:29 in rain and headwind at the New Year Half Marathon on 5 January. Jens just keeps getting better and better, and now he has won the Copenhagen Marathon for the second time.
Of the 10,135 runners who started, 67-year-old Jens finished in 752nd place! In any case this was an outstanding result, and FÍF warmly congratulates Jens on the achievement. It would be great to see Jens take on even bigger challenges.
There were 69 participants in this age group, and the top ten are shown below:
| Rank | Race No | Name | Nation | Club | Category | Time | Behind | Speed | ||
| 1 | 7035 | Jens.r.weihe |  FRO |
Frælsi | M65-69 | 3:17:36 | 4:41 min/km |
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| 2 | 1689 | Markku Lintunen |  FIN |
Nurmijärvi Finland | M65-69 | 3:41:48 | + 24:13 | 5:16 min/km |
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2319 | Henry Jønch |  DEN |
TIK-Løberne | M65-69 | 3:44:24 | + 26:49 | 5:20 min/km |
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| 4 |  |
6605 | Hannaoui, Abdelfattah |  MAR |
Club Maroc Marathon | M65-69 | 3:46:05 | + 28:29 | 5:22 min/km |
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| 5 | 8542 | Claude Marian | DEN |
M65-69 | 3:46:35 | + 28:59 | 5:23 min/km |
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| 6 | 1124 | Wim Van Amerongen |  NED |
M65-69 | 3:52:43 | + 35:07 | 5:31 min/km |
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| 7 | |
2918 | Jørgen Jensen | DEN |
Forca IF | M65-69 | 3:56:01 | + 38:26 | 5:36 min/km |
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| 8 | |
4020 | Pekka Suhonen | FIN |
M65-69 | 3:56:56 | + 39:21 | 5:37 min/km |
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| 9 | |
10905 | Holger Hansen | DEN |
aaig | M65-69 | 3:58:18 | + 40:43 | 5:39 min/km |
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| 10 | |
2353 | Kurt Stoltenberg Børsfelt | DEN |
M65-69 | 3:58:39 | + 41:03 | 5:40 min/km |
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