Machine-translated from Faroese and not yet reviewed. Read the original.
Just as the pack of winter runners reaches the wind turbines at Neshagi on Saturday morning, another starting gun will fire in Gothenburg, where Marna Egholm will represent the Faroe Islands at the Nordic Cross-Country Championships.
This is the second time the Faroe Islands have been represented at this competition. The first time was in 2013, when Valborg Heinesen represented the Faroe Islands in Reykjavík. Unfortunately, we do not think that any other Faroese runners are currently strong enough to race against the very best from our neighbouring countries, but the aim is of course to have more than one representative there next year.
Marna faces a very tough race when she sets off on Saturday morning at 11:15 Faroese time. The opposition is so strong that even the Icelanders have not considered it wise to send their best, for fear that they would end up as cannon fodder. We can expect Marna to have a very hard race at the back of this powerhouse field of 20 women. But if we know Marna, she will give everything she has until the very last step.
Niels Jákup Jakobsen, vice-chair of FÍF, is travel and team manager in Gothenburg. Here he and Marna are pictured at the Island Games in Jersey this summer. (photo: Tryggingarfelagið Føroyar, Oda)
As well as competing for the honour of being the best Nordic cross-country runner, for several of the runners this is also a selection race for the European Cross-Country Championships, which take place in early December.
The competition in Sweden is also a team competition for both seniors and juniors. In the Faroe Islands we have many talented young runners, and it would be an enormously big and exciting challenge if we in the Faroe Islands set ourselves the goal of fielding a women’s or men’s junior team in 2–3 years’ time. Yes, and why not a women’s team as well, if we could get all our stars in top form at the same time?
FÍF wishes Marna the best of luck in the race tomorrow.
The women’s start list:
Women Seniorer
27 Eli Anne Dvergsdal 1991 Norge
28 Anne Nevin1973 Norge
29 Kirsten Maraton Melkevik 1970 Norge
30 Heidi Pharo.1987 Norge
31 Sara Holmgren-90 Sverige
32 Linn Nilsson-90 Sverige
33 Frida Aspnäs-87 Sverige
34 Klara Bodinson-90 Sverige
35 Hedda Bångman-95 Sverige
36 Frida Kristiansson-92 Sverige
37 Johanna Peiponen (1990) Finland
38 Meri Rantanen ( 1993) Finland
39 Anne-Mari Sandell (1977) Finland
40 vakant Finland
41 Sara Sig Møller – 1983 Danmark
42 Simone Glad -1990 Danmark
43 Zenia Mogensen – Danmark
44 Maja Møller Alm Danmark
45 Marna Leila Vandsdal Egholm, 1981. Färöarna
102 Ronja Fjellner -89 Örgryte Is
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