Machine-translated from Faroese and not yet reviewed. Read the original.
The success stories in long-distance running by Faroese women just keep coming. 2014 has given us outstanding results and Faroese records in both the marathon and the ½ marathon. And on the last day of the year we got yet another Faroese record in the half marathon, when Marna Egholm won the Ånglamark Half Marathon in Copenhagen by a huge margin. 5,000 runners turned out at Østerbro, where the race was held.
Marna was somewhat unsure whether she should take part or not. Because of a cold, the decision was not made until the evening before, while she was out on an easy jog. The starting gun went at half past nine, and by then Marna had already decided that she would go for Valborg Heinesen’s Faroese record. The first of the four laps in Fælledparken was run very hard. On the second lap Marna chose to ease the pace a little and stick to the plan of running just around 1:21. Marna ran well and felt very strong. As early as 13 kilometres in, she could feel that she would manage to hold on all the way home.
And so it proved. Marna’s final time was 1:20:57. This was 22 seconds faster than the record Valborg Heinesen set at the World Championships in Copenhagen this spring. The time was also good enough for Marna to take a comfortable, convincing win in this big race. The new Faroese record gave her victory by more than two minutes ahead of her Sparta teammate Michelle Poulsen, who is also a well-known runner in Denmark.
Marna is racing again as early as 4 January. That will be a 10 km race. One of the big goals for spring 2014 is the Berlin ½ Marathon in March. Our other two long-distance stars, Valborg Heinesen and Bjørk Herup Olsen, may also be taking part. And then the Faroese half marathon record may once again come under threat.
FÍF warmly congratulates Marna on her first Faroese record!
Marna running VK3 in Argir
