TF VK 5 and Faroese Cross-Country Championships

Machine-translated from Faroese and not yet reviewed. Read the original.

This Saturday, round 5 of the TF Winter Series (VK 5) will be run in Hoydalar. This round is also the Faroese Cross-Country Championships in all age groups. Bragdið are hosting this round, and on their website they write:

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As spring approaches, so does one of our regular races. This race is a little different from the others and takes place on Saturday morning, 13 February, at 11:00.

As well as being part of the Winter Series, this is also the Faroese Cross-Country Championships. The setting for the race is usually green and beautiful, as the course runs across the field by the upper secondary school in Hoydalar and into the woods on the east side of Hvítanesvegur. In other words, there are only a few metres of asphalt underfoot (and a soft covering will be laid on the road, so you can run in spikes). The adults run 6 laps, 8 km, and the children run the same route, 2 laps, which is 2.6 km. Everyone starts together at 11:00. After the race, showers are available, and there is also a good drink on offer while the medal ceremony takes place.

Just after the start of the adults’ race last year

Everyone can take part, even though it is called the Winter Series and the Faroese Championships, so just go ahead and register at renn.fo before 22:00 on Friday evening. Registration costs DKK 50 for adults and DKK 20 for children, and must be paid on registration. You can also register on site on Saturday morning from 10:00 to 10:30, but registration then costs DKK 100 and DKK 50.

Bib numbers are to be collected on Saturday morning from 10:00 at the upper secondary school.

The weather will do as it pleases, so it will be exciting to see whether the race is held with or without snow. We will hear more about that as Saturday approaches.

Welcome to the 2016 Cross-Country Race