Rebekka and Jan Elmar win in Sørvágur

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Round 4 of the TF Winter Series was run in Sørvágur today. Because of snow on Bíggjarvegur, it was decided as early as Friday to move the course to Sørvágur, where it was easier to run on the salted roads.

Conditions for running were about as good as they get. The temperature was just below freezing, and not a breath of wind stirred. Around 90 runners turned out in the fine weather, and they gave us plenty of exciting battles within the field. It was above all in the men’s open category that the excitement ran high. Beforehand, a duel between Eirikur Hansen and Jan Elmar had been expected, but Julian Gregersen, Sam Vang, Martin Gravesen and Guðmundur Joensen could also be expected to make their presence felt at the front. On top of that, Andrias Hansen had turned up to race for the first time this winter, and with him you never know.

Around 90 runners took part in round 4 of the TF Winter Series in Sørvágur (photo: Vágaportalurin)

Four laps of three kilometres were to be run. The men’s pace was high from the start. Only Julian and Guðmundur managed to stay with Eirikur and Jan Elmar on the first lap, but both of them soon had to let go too. It became a hard-fought duel for the win, with Eirikur pushing the pace and Jan Elmar following. The battle went on right up to the final sprint, where Jan Elmar proved the stronger, winning another round this winter and at the same time strengthening his lead in the overall standings.

Andrias Hansen ran very well today. At one point he had worked his way up to third place, but Julian Gregersen felt that it should only be on loan for a while, because towards the end he put on a surge and pushed Andrias back to fourth place. Guðmundur Joensen lost quite a bit of ground in the second half, but still held on to fifth place.

From left: Julian Gregersen, Guðmundur Joensen, Jan Elmar Sørensen and Eirikur. The last two showed a level that is starting to have a whiff of the Island Games about it…. (photo: Vágaportalurin)

In the women’s race there was never any real tension. Once again today the leading runners were fairly spread out. Rebekka Fuglø is in excellent long-distance form at the moment, and today she was about a minute ahead of Rigmor N. Arge, who in turn was about a minute ahead of Duruta R. á Lofti. Then there was another small gap down to Krista Nielsen in fourth place.

Middle-distance runner Rebekka Fuglø is also performing very well over the longer distances, and took a clear win (photo: Vágaportalurin)

The boys’ race is always exciting. Dánjal Dahl Ljósheim from Hvirlan and Hans Sivertsen from Treysti are very evenly matched. Dánjal won the first two rounds but then lost in Argir. Both battled for the win today, but it was Dánjal who was the stronger. The fight for third place was also hard. Ingi Johannesen managed to stay with Hans Erland Thomsen all the way, but in the end it was Hans Erland who collected his fourth bronze this winter.

Maria Biskopstø won again in the girls’ race. She is a powerhouse of a distance runner whom only the best boys can just about keep behind them. Oddvør Josephsen was a clear second today, and Unna Ró Jacobsen finished third.

Among the super-veteran women there is real excitement. Today Sunneva Olsen once again managed to win, pushing Cecilia Arendal back into second place, after Cecilia had won the previous two rounds. The number of tough super-veteran women keeps growing. A new rising star is Elisabeth Rasmussen, who finished third today. Six female super veterans took part today! But there is still room for many more 🙂 Among the men, it was once again a clear win for Jens R. Weihe. Kári Simonsen was second and Gunnar Simonsen third.

The best male veterans were well down the field in the open category. Numbers 8, 9 and 11 – that’s how far back we had to go to find the best veterans today. And that’s a positive thing! Sam Vang was first, then Martin Gravesen, and the third veteran was Guttorm Sørensen. That is not the case for the women this winter. Rigmor N. Arge (gold), Duruta R. á Lofti (silver) and Krista Nielsen (bronze) finished 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the open category.

The junior men have finished in the same order in all of the first three rounds this winter. And so it was again in this fourth round. The winner was Julian Gregersen, second was Gunnar Sivertsen and third was Rógvi Kárason.

Round 5 of the TF Winter Series will be the Faroese Cross-Country Championships. This is a different kind of running, and it may also bring about a change in the order of the runners. The race will be held on the field by Studentaskúlin in Hoydalar and in the woodland by the girls’ boarding wing. Just as we have done in recent years.

See you in Hoydalar on 13 February.

 

TF VK-4 16 January 2016 at 11:00 in Sørvágur
No.	Time	First name	Surname	Year of birth	Club
Boys (2000-2004) – 3 km
1	10:20	Dánjal Dahl	Ljósheim	2000	Hvirlan
2	10:38	Hans Eihilt	Sivertsen	2001	Treysti
3	11:20	Hans Erland	Thomsen	2003	Bragdið
4	11:40	Ingi	Johannessen	2002	Roysnið
Girls (2000-2004) – 3 km
1	10:42	Maria	Biskopstø	2002	Treysti
2	11:02	Oddvør	Josephsen	2001	Treysti
3	12:49	Unna Ró	Jacobsen	2002	Bragdið
Women open category (-1999) – 12 km
1	49:19	Rebekka	Fuglø	1993	Treysti
2	50:42	Rigmor Napoleonsdóttir	Arge	1969	Hvirlan
3	51:47	Duruta Reginsdóttir á	Lofti	1969	Bragdið
4	52:19	Krista	Nielsen	1965	Bragdið
5	55:07	Beinta Hoydal	Joensen	1971	Bragdið
6	55:47	Ann	Thomsen	1966	Bragdið
7	55:56	Paula	Mohr	1968	Hvirlan
8	56:08	Birna Mohr	Joensen	1970	Hvirlan
9	57:07	Ann-Mari	av Skarði	1974	Bragdið
10	57:50	Ingrid	Hofgaard	1968	Bragdið
11	58:58	Astrid	Joensen	1967	Roysnið
12	1:02:06	Eydna	Weihe	1969	Bragdið
13	1:02:29	Birna	Abrahamsen	1970	Hvirlan
14	1:03:36	Jónrit	Dalsgaard	1974	Bragdið
15	1:04:18	Marita	Hansen	1979	Bragdið
16	1:04:28	Anna Maria	Seloy	1964	Bragdið
17	1:04:39	Hallbjørg	Danielsen	1973	Roysnið
18	1:04:56	Karin Kirke	Petersen	1964	Treysti
19	1:05:08	Sunneva	Olsen	1959	Bragdið
20	1:05:21	Cecilia	Arendal	1957	Hvirlan
21	1:06:32	Heriet	Djurhuus	1965	Bragdið
22	1:06:41	Vivian	Ole-Jacobsen	1984	No club
23	1:06:46	Karin Maria	Isaksen	1963	Bragdið
24	1:06:48	Tina	Kruse Dam	1977	Bragdið
25	1:07:21	Julianna	Frederiksberg	1967	Roysnið
26	1:08:03	Petra	Mikkelsen	1974	No club
27	1:09:05	Ruth	Winther	1968	Bragdið
28	1:09:46	Elisabeth	Larsen	1968	Bragdið
29	1:09:51	Jóhanna	Vang	1964	Bragdið
30	1:09:59	Elisabeth	Rasmussen	1959	Bragdið
31	1:10:02	Unna	Hansen	1967	Roysnið
32	1:10:04	Olga	Johannessen	1967	Roysnið
33	1:11:03	Elsibeth	Johannessen	1966	Roysnið
34	1:13:11	Jóngerð Herup	Høgnesen	1948	Bragdið
35	1:13:55	Jessie	Hansen	1955	Bragdið
36	1:18:27	Susan	Jacobsen	1964	Treysti
37	1:23:48	Ingun	Olsen	1959	Bragdið
	DNS	Adelaid	Kirke	1968	Hvirlan
Women veterans (1961-1970) – 12 km
1	50:42	Rigmor Napoleonsdóttir	Arge	1969	Hvirlan
2	51:47	Duruta Reginsdóttir á	Lofti	1969	Bragdið
3	52:19	Krista	Nielsen	1965	Bragdið
4	55:47	Ann	Thomsen	1966	Bragdið
5	55:56	Paula	Mohr	1968	Hvirlan
6	56:08	Birna Mohr	Joensen	1970	Hvirlan
7	57:50	Ingrid	Hofgaard	1968	Bragdið
8	58:58	Astrid	Joensen	1967	Roysnið
9	1:02:06	Eydna	Weihe	1969	Bragdið
10	1:02:29	Birna	Abrahamsen	1970	Hvirlan
11	1:04:28	Anna Maria	Seloy	1964	Bragdið
12	1:04:56	Karin Kirke	Petersen	1964	Treysti
13	1:06:32	Heriet	Djurhuus	1965	Bragdið
14	1:06:46	Karin Maria	Isaksen	1963	Bragdið
15	1:07:21	Julianna	Frederiksberg	1967	Roysnið
16	1:09:05	Ruth	Winther	1968	Bragdið
17	1:09:46	Elisabeth	Larsen	1968	Bragdið
18	1:09:51	Jóhanna	Vang	1964	Bragdið
19	1:10:02	Unna	Hansen	1967	Roysnið
20	1:10:04	Olga	Johannessen	1967	Roysnið
21	1:11:03	Elsibeth	Johannessen	1966	Roysnið
22	1:18:27	Susan	Jacobsen	1964	Treysti
	DNS	Adelaid	Kirke	1968	Hvirlan
Women super veterans (-1960) – 12 km
1	1:05:08	Sunneva	Olsen	1959	Bragdið
2	1:05:21	Cecilia	Arendal	1957	Hvirlan
3	1:09:59	Elisabeth	Rasmussen	1959	Bragdið
4	1:13:11	Jóngerð Herup	Høgnesen	1948	Bragdið
5	1:13:55	Jessie	Hansen	1955	Bragdið
6	1:23:48	Ingun	Olsen	1959	Bragdið
Junior men (1995-1999) – 12 km
1	43:00	Julian	Gregersen	1998	Treysti
2	45:10	Gunnar Eihilt	Sivertsen	1999	Treysti
3	47:35	Rógvi	Kárason	1996	Bragdið
	DNF	Jákup Dahl	Ljósheim	1998	Hvirlan
Men open category (-1999) – 12 km
1	42:04	Jan Elmar	Sørensen	1991	Treysti
2	42:97	Eirikur	Hansen	1980	Bragdið
3	43:00	Julian	Gregersen	1998	Treysti
4	43:12	Andrias	Hansen	1982	Bragdið
5	43:16	Guðmundur	Joensen	1983	Hvirlan
6	45:01	Rúni	Seloy	1994	Bragdið
7	45:10	Gunnar Eihilt	Sivertsen	1999	Treysti
8	45:34	Sam	Vang	1970	Bragdið
9	45:47	Martin	Gravesen	1967	Bragdið
10	46:30	Niels	Poulsen	1972	Bragdið
11	47:31	Guttorm	Sørensen	1968	Treysti
12	47:35	Rógvi	Kárason	1996	Bragdið
13	48:07	Heini	Gregersen	1964	Treysti
14	48:08	Hjalmar	Sjóvará	1966	Bragdið
15	48:19	Arnfinn	Johannessen	1965	Roysnið
16	48:57	Regin	Thomsen	1976	Roysnið
17	49:03	Marnar	Pattinson	1970	Roysnið
18	49:16	Uni Svabo	Joensen	1969	Frælsi
19	49:21	Jens R.	Weihe	1947	Frælsi
20	50:31	Kaj	Dam	1966	Treysti
21	51:06	Borgar	Biskopstø	1962	Treysti
22	51:35	Herluf	Jakobsen	1963	Bragdið
23	52:06	Egil	Olsen	1963	Bragdið
24	52:19	Páll Højgaard	Vesturbú	1961	Hvirlan
25	53:04	Andreas	Josephsen	1968	Treysti
26	53:13	Rói Herup	Olsen	1983	Bragdið
27	53:42	Júst	í Túni	1986	Treysti
28	54:14	Kári	Simonsen	1959	Bragdið
29	54:33	Eyðun	Simonsen	1969	Bragdið
30	55:13	Christian	Olsen	1962	Bragdið
31	55:29	Rani Friang	Rasmussen	1985	Roysnið
32	56:22	Herluf	Hansen	1973	Bragdið
33	57:24	Terje	Hansen	1968	Roysnið
34	57:26	Arnfinnur	Helmsdal	1970	Bragdið
35	57:51	Gunnar	Simonsen	1952	Treysti
36	58:00	Regin	Arge	1969	Hvirlan
37	1:00:00	Kristin	Kristiansen	1980	Bragdið
38	1:00:05	Sverri	Eriksen	1974	Bragdið
39	1:00:47	Dan	Kruse Thomsen	1970	Bragdið
40	1:01:46	Jóannes	Ortind	1951	Bragdið
41	1:01:59	Hilmar	Høgenni	1962	Bragdið
42	1:05:43	Helgi	Johannessen	1967	Roysnið
43	1:07:40	Bent	Jacobsen	1958	Bragdið
44	DNF	Jákup Dahl	Ljósheim	1998	Hvirlan
45	DNF	Regin	Jóanesarson	1945	Frælsi
46	DNS	Allan	Dalsgarð	1972	Bragdið
47	DNS	Bergur	Didriksen	1965	Roysnið
48	DNS	Rani	Nolsoe	1959	Treysti
		Jóhan E.	Simonsen	1969	Bragdið
Men veterans (1961-1970) – 12 km
1	45:34	Sam	Vang	1970	Bragdið
2	45:47	Martin	Gravesen	1967	Bragdið
3	47:31	Guttorm	Sørensen	1968	Treysti
4	48:07	Heini	Gregersen	1964	Treysti
5	48:08	Hjalmar	Sjóvará	1966	Bragdið
6	48:19	Arnfinn	Johannessen	1965	Roysnið
7	49:03	Marnar	Pattinson	1970	Roysnið
8	49:16	Uni Svabo	Joensen	1969	Frælsi
9	50:31	Kaj	Dam	1966	Treysti
10	51:06	Borgar	Biskopstø	1962	Treysti
11	51:35	Herluf	Jakobsen	1963	Bragdið
12	52:06	Egil	Olsen	1963	Bragdið
13	52:19	Páll Højgaard	Vesturbú	1961	Hvirlan
14	53:04	Andreas	Josephsen	1968	Treysti
15	54:33	Eyðun	Simonsen	1969	Bragdið
16	55:13	Christian	Olsen	1962	Bragdið
17	57:24	Terje	Hansen	1968	Roysnið
18	57:26	Arnfinnur	Helmsdal	1970	Bragdið
19	58:00	Regin	Arge	1969	Hvirlan
20	1:00:47	Dan	Kruse Thomsen	1970	Bragdið
21	1:01:59	Hilmar	Høgenni	1962	Bragdið
22	1:05:43	Helgi	Johannessen	1967	Roysnið
	DNS	Bergur	Didriksen	1965	Roysnið
		Jóhan E.	Simonsen	1969	Bragdið
Men super veterans (-1960) – 12 km
1	49:21	Jens R.	Weihe	1947	Frælsi
2	54:14	Kári	Simonsen	1959	Bragdið
3	57:51	Gunnar	Simonsen	1952	Treysti
4	1:01:46	Jóannes	Ortind	1951	Bragdið
5	1:07:40	Bent	Jacobsen	1958	Bragdið
	DNF	Regin	Jóanesarson	1945	Frælsi
	DNS	Rani	Nolsoe	1959	Treysti