Machine-translated from Faroese and not yet reviewed. Read the original.
At midnight Danish time, that is, a little under an hour ago, the first ever Danish Championships in long-distance trail running got under way. Among the field is Hallur Holm, who ran his first ultra race in Iceland last summer. Tonight’s race is 50 miles, or just over 80 kilometres, and takes place on Bornholm in the scenic area around Hammershus and south to Jons Kapel.
As mentioned, the race started at midnight Danish time, so the first five hours will be in pitch darkness. The course is laid out so that it goes up and down the whole way, adding up to a full 3,000 metres of climb.
Hallur has prepared well for the race, but regrets slightly that he didn’t manage one or two really long training runs. His longest run was three weeks ago, when he ran the 53 kilometres from Tjørnuvík back home. It took him 4 and a half hours. But that is little compared with the roughly 9 hours Hallur expects to take to run the course.
That means that if everything goes to plan, Hallur should reach the finish at eight o’clock on Saturday morning, Faroese time. The Danish Championships race is also organised as Danish Championships for age groups in 5-year bands. And here Hallur hopes a medal might come out of it.
Around 60 runners will take part in the race.
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