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Marna Egholm, who lives in Denmark and usually runs for Sparta in Copenhagen, had come home to the Faroe Islands to run in the Faroese Half Marathon Championships. In recent months Marna has set a Faroese record over exactly this distance twice and come very close on another occasion.
Marna was naturally the clear favourite for the race, and the question was more which of the men might be able to keep up with her on the car-free streets of Klaksvík. However, the leading men saw little of Marna in the early stages. The pace was fairly high, and Marna planned to run at her marathon pace, so she sat a little behind the men.
But when the runners passed the finish line after seven km, Marna had worked her way in among the leading runners. And there she stayed. When it came to it, only Martin Gravesen managed to keep the Faroese star runner behind him. And for the third time in a good four months, Marna ran under 1:20. Her time was 1:19:53.
Marna Egholm took it easy early on, but then took on the best men. Her form now, ahead of the Island Games, is exactly where it should be! (photo: Jóannes Poulsen, Treysti)
Rigmor N. Arge has been very strong in half marathon races, and so it was again yesterday. Just as secure as Marna was in 1st place, Rigmor was just as secure as the silver medallist. On the other hand, the battle for bronze was very exciting and was not decided until the final metres. Ann Mari av Skarði held third place throughout the race, but Mona Rasmussen kept her eyes on her the whole time. And in the final kilometre Mona managed to run past Ann Mari and so win bronze in the Faroese Half Marathon Championships.
As last year, it was silver again for Rigmor N. Arge of Hvirlan. (photo: Jóannes Poulsen, Treysti)
The decisive moment in the battle for bronze in the women’s race. Mona Rasmussen of Treysti has just crossed the line, while Ann Mari av Skarði of Bragdið, on the left of the picture, has only a few metres left to the finish. (photo: Jóannes Poulsen, Treysti)
Top 10 in the women’s Faroese Championships:
| 1 | 1 | 19 | 53 | Marna L.V. Egholm | 1981 | Bragdið |
| 2 | 1 | 34 | 54 | Rigmor Napoleonsd. Arge | 1969 | Hvirlan |
| 3 | 1 | 44 | 29 | Mona Rasmussen | 1969 | Treysti |
| 4 | 1 | 44 | 40 | Ann-Mari av Skarði | 1974 | Bragdið |
| 5 | 1 | 49 | 03 | Ella Áarstein | 1964 | Treysti |
| 6 | 1 | 49 | 36 | Adelaid Kirke | 1968 | Hvirlan |
| 7 | 1 | 49 | 39 | Helga Súsanna Johansen | 1981 | Treysti |
| 8 | 1 | 52 | 51 | Margreth Augustinussen | 1973 | Hvistan |
| 9 | 1 | 53 | 04 | Hallbjørg Danielsen | 1973 | Roysnið |
| 10 | 1 | 53 | 53 | Ingun Sørensen | 1971 | Treysti |
