Did Rebekka and Jan Elmar settle the TF Winter Series?

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Today the sixth round of the TF Winter Series was run, this time all the way north at Fossánes. Remote by Faroese standards, but even so with several runners on home ground. Norðdepli and Hvannasund have their share of Faroese running history. The weather, which earlier in the week looked set to behave splendidly, hardly listens to the forecasts. It has a life of its own, and it brought its own challenges today. This morning we woke up to snow, and during the race itself there was driving snow at times.

Despite the odd mishap, all 86 runners crossed the finish line more or less in one piece.

Jan Elmar secured yet another win in this year’s Winter Series

We got no battle for the top places today, at least not in the open categories, where both Rebekka Fuglø and Jan Elmar Sørensen won comfortably. Rebekka moved clearly into the lead after the first of the four laps, while Jan Elmar broke away from Julian Gregersen when they had run a little more than halfway. Eirikur Hansen kept up during the first lap, but he did not have the right shoes for the off-road section of the route and lost a heap of precious seconds there each time.

Andrias showed that his form is good and ran to a fine third place

Andrias Hansen keeps improving. Today he overtook Eirikur on the last lap, and towards the end he was not far behind Julian either, who had to look over his shoulder a few times when he felt the pressure from Andrias. A clear win for Jan Elmar, Julian held on to second place, and Andrias on the podium for the first time this winter.

Rebekka is showing better form than ever, with just a week to go until the Danish Indoor Championships

As mentioned, Rebekka ran to a comfortable win on home ground. Krista Nielsen from Bragdið was the leading woman after the first lap, but just as in Hoydalar, Rigmor N. Arge from Hvirlan came through late but surely, catching and passing her. Krista did, however, once again manage to keep Duruta R. á Lofti behind her and push her back to fourth place.

Krista and Rigmor battled for second and third place today, but Rigmor proved the stronger

The three of them, Rigmor, Krista and Duruta, still hold the podium places among the veteran women, as before. Among the men, the faces on the podium change a little. Last time we saw Marnar Pattinson back on the podium with the bronze, and today he moved even further up by finishing second in today’s race. New on the podium today was Regin Áki Hansen, whose eighth place in the open category was enough for veteran bronze. It is always good to see new faces on the podium. The man at the top we have already seen several times before. The strong Martin Gravesen won the veteran category comfortably and also ran to a comfortable fifth place in the open category.

Cecilia fought hard and ran to a win today

By far the fiercest contest today was between the leading women in the super-veteran category. Cecilie Arendal and Elisabeth Rasmussen took turns at the front, and it was plain to see that they would do anything to win. In the end Cecilie proved the stronger, but she was not far ahead of Elisabeth, who takes silver for the first time. Third place went to Jóngerð Høgnesen.

Jens in familiar style, winning yet another comfortable victory

Once again today nobody could touch super-veteran Jens R. Weihe, who has now been unbeaten for quite some time. Rani Nolsøe was back today after missing two rounds. He did as he usually does and took the silver medal. Third place went to Bent H. Jakobsen, who is keen to push himself further and further up the field.

Maria and Oddvør ran together for most of the course, but Oddvør came out the winner

In the girls’ category we got a new winner last time, when Oddvør Josephsen beat Maria Biskopstø. The question was whether this could happen once more on the tough 3.5 km course. Maria has been ill recently, so it was not entirely unexpected that a strong-running Oddvør once again crossed the line first. Maria was, however, right behind her. Once again it was a one-two-three for Treysti, as Elin Kristina Ryan came pushing through in third place.

Dánjal won yet another comfortable victory, while Hans finished second on home ground

Hans Sivertsen was also on home ground today. He has won one race this winter, and if he was to beat his strong rival Dánjal Dahl Ljósheim again, it would most likely have to be on home ground, where the four laps ran past his own home. But Dánjal is very strong at the moment, and it does not look as though anyone will catch him this winter. Dánjal again won comfortably today. Just as Hans cannot get the better of Dánjal, Hans Erland Thomsen also struggles to get the better of Hans. Once again today Hans Erland finished third, just as in every other round since his 2nd place at Runt Agnið.

It was a real struggle for everyone to get up onto Múlavegin

Today’s route was very heavy going, and with snow on the ground and driving snow in the air, everything became heavier still. So it was a feast for the eyes to see all the participants put in such an effort and give everything to do their best. One is truly proud to be among the winter runners.

More photos, taken by Jóannes N. Poulsen, can be found here: TF VK-6 Fossánes 2016

Results TF VK-6 Fossánes 20 February 2016 at 11:00

 

No.	Time	Women open category (-1999) approx. 7.3 km
1	34:29	Rebekka	Fuglø	1993	Treysti
2	35:03	Rigmor Napoleonsdóttir	Arge	1969	Hvirlan
3	36:07	Krista	Nielsen	1965	Bragdið
4	36:20	Duruta Reginsdóttir á	Lofti	1969	Bragdið
5	36:40	Beinta Hoydal	Joensen	1971	Bragdið
6	37:43	Ann	Thomsen	1966	Bragdið
7	38:21	Ann-Mari	av Skarði	1974	Bragdið
8	38:49	Ingrid	Hofgaard	1968	Bragdið
9	39:00	Birna Mohr	Joensen	1970	Hvirlan
10	39:21	Paula	Mohr	1968	Hvirlan
11	41:13	Eydna	Weihe	1969	Bragdið
12	41:44	Astrid	Joensen	1967	Roysnið
13	42:11	Birna	Abrahamsen	1970	Hvirlan
14	42:47	Hallbjørg	Danielsen	1973	Roysnið
15	43:41	Bjørg	Nielsen	1974	Bragdið
16	44:37	Elisabeth	Larsen	1968	Bragdið
17	44:42	Jorie	Josephsen	1971	Treysti
18	45:22	Adelaid	Kirke	1968	Hvirlan
19	45:30	Karin Maria	Isaksen	1963	Bragdið
20	45:42	Cecilia	Arendal	1957	Hvirlan
21	45:43	Heriet	Djurhuus	1965	Bragdið
22	45:46	Anna Maria	Seloy	1964	Bragdið
23	45:55	Elisabeth	Rasmussen	1959	Bragdið
24	46:33	Karin Kirke	Petersen	1964	Treysti
25	46:49	Tina	Kruse Dam	1977	Bragdið
26	47:11	Jóhanna	Vang	1964	Bragdið
27	47:11	Unna	Hansen	1967	Roysnið
28	47:37	Ruth	Winther	1968	Bragdið
29	47:49	Julianna	Frederiksberg	1967	Roysnið
30	48:22	Jóngerð Herup	Høgnesen	1948	Bragdið
31	49:16	Olga	Johannessen	1967	Roysnið
32	49:30	Elsibeth	Johannessen	1966	Roysnið
33	51:23	Jessie	Hansen	1955	Bragdið
34	52:13	Maria	Biskopstø	1965	Bragdið
35	53:30	Súsanna	Lydersen	1978	Treysti
36	53:32	Susan	Jacobsen	1964	Treysti
37	53:55	Kára	Samuelsen	1965	Bragdið
38	56:38	Ingun	Olsen	1959	Bragdið
dns	Heidi	Jógvansdóttir	1972	Bragdið
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No.	Time	Women veterans (1961-1970) approx. 7.3 km
1	35:03	Rigmor Napoleonsdóttir	Arge	1969	Hvirlan
2	36:07	Krista	Nielsen	1965	Bragdið
3	36:20	Duruta Reginsdóttir á	Lofti	1969	Bragdið
4	37:43	Ann	Thomsen	1966	Bragdið
5	38:49	Ingrid	Hofgaard	1968	Bragdið
6	39:00	Birna Mohr	Joensen	1970	Hvirlan
7	39:21	Paula	Mohr	1968	Hvirlan
8	41:13	Eydna	Weihe	1969	Bragdið
9	41:44	Astrid	Joensen	1967	Roysnið
10	42:11	Birna	Abrahamsen	1970	Hvirlan
11	44:37	Elisabeth	Larsen	1968	Bragdið
12	45:22	Adelaid	Kirke	1968	Hvirlan
13	45:30	Karin Maria	Isaksen	1963	Bragdið
14	45:43	Heriet	Djurhuus	1965	Bragdið
15	45:46	Anna Maria	Seloy	1964	Bragdið
16	46:33	Karin Kirke	Petersen	1964	Treysti
17	47:11	Jóhanna	Vang	1964	Bragdið
18	47:11	Unna	Hansen	1967	Roysnið
19	47:37	Ruth	Winther	1968	Bragdið
20	47:49	Julianna	Frederiksberg	1967	Roysnið
21	49:16	Olga	Johannessen	1967	Roysnið
22	49:30	Elsibeth	Johannessen	1966	Roysnið
23	52:13	Maria	Biskopstø	1965	Bragdið
24	53:32	Susan	Jacobsen	1964	Treysti
25	53:55	Kára	Samuelsen	1965	Bragdið
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No.	Time	Women super-veterans (-1960) approx. 7.3 km
1	45:42	Cecilia	Arendal	1957	Hvirlan
2	45:55	Elisabeth	Rasmussen	1959	Bragdið
3	48:22	Jóngerð Herup	Høgnesen	1948	Bragdið
4	51:23	Jessie	Hansen	1955	Bragdið
5	56:38	Ingun	Olsen	1959	Bragdið
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No.	Time	Men open category (-1999) approx. 7.3 km
1	28:04	Jan Elmar	Sørensen	1991	Treysti
2	28:23	Julian	Gregersen	1998	Treysti
3	28:36	Andrias	Hansen	1982	Bragdið
4	29:57	Eirikur	Hansen	1980	Bragdið
5	30:12	Martin	Gravesen	1967	Bragdið
6	30:45	Gunnar Eihilt	Sivertsen	1999	Treysti
7	30:49	Marnar	Pattinson	1970	Roysnið
8	31:59	Regin Áki	Hansen	1970	Bragdið
9	32:31	Hjalmar	Sjóvará	1966	Bragdið
10	32:36	Heini	Gregersen	1964	Treysti
11	32:50	Arnfinn	Johannessen	1965	Roysnið
12	33:05	Rógvi	Kárason	1995	Bragdið
13	33:07	Niels	Poulsen	1972	Bragdið
14	34:00	Regin	Thomsen	1976	Roysnið
15	34:42	Jóhan E.	Simonsen	1969	Bragdið
16	34:46	Jens R.	Weihe	1947	Frælsi
17	34:51	Kaj	Dam	1966	Treysti
18	35:02	Herluf	Jakobsen	1963	Bragdið
19	35:49	Eyðun	Simonsen	1969	Bragdið
20	36:06	Guttorm	Sørensen	1968	Treysti
21	36:12	Jákup Dahl	Ljósheim	1998	Hvirlan
22	36:33	Andreas	Josephsen	1968	Treysti
23	36:44	Páll	Vesturbú	1961	Hvirlan
24	36:47	Rói Herup	Olsen	1983	Bragdið
25	37:05	Christian	Olsen	1962	Bragdið
26	37:16	Eirikkur	Joensen	1967	Roysnið
27	37:24	Rani	Nolsøe	1959	Treysti
28	37:37	Áki Leitisstein	Hansen	1983	No club
29	38:50	Bent	Jakobsen	1958	Bragdið
30	38:56	Sverri	Eriksen	1974	Bragdið
31	39:27	Dan Kruse	Thomsen	1970	Bragdið
32	39:37	Gunnar	Simonsen	1952	Treysti
33	39:51	Martin	Sivertsen	1973	Treysti
34	39:59	Sofus	Poulsen	1965	Frælsi
35	40:04	Arnfinnur	Helmsdal	1970	Bragdið
36	40:30	Jóannes	Ortind	1951	Bragdið
37	40:34	Helgi	Johannessen	1967	Roysnið
38	41:51	Hilmar	Høgenni	1962	Bragdið
39	44:16	John	Ryan	1974	Treysti
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No.	Time	Junior men (1995-1999) approx. 7.3 km
1	28:23	Julian	Gregersen	1998	Treysti
2	30:45	Gunnar Eihilt	Sivertsen	1999	Treysti
3	33:05	Rógvi	Kárason	1995	Bragdið
4	36:12	Jákup Dahl	Ljósheim	1998	Hvirlan
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No.	Time	Men veterans (1961-1970) approx. 7.3 km
1	30:12	Martin	Gravesen	1967	Bragdið
2	30:49	Marnar	Pattinson	1970	Roysnið
3	31:59	Regin Áki	Hansen	1970	Bragdið
4	32:31	Hjalmar	Sjóvará	1966	Bragdið
5	32:36	Heini	Gregersen	1964	Treysti
6	32:50	Arnfinn	Johannessen	1965	Roysnið
7	34:42	Jóhan E.	Simonsen	1969	Bragdið
8	34:51	Kaj	Dam	1966	Treysti
9	35:02	Herluf	Jakobsen	1963	Bragdið
10	35:49	Eyðun	Simonsen	1969	Bragdið
11	36:06	Guttorm	Sørensen	1968	Treysti
12	36:33	Andreas	Josephsen	1968	Treysti
13	36:44	Páll	Vesturbú	1961	Hvirlan
14	37:05	Christian	Olsen	1962	Bragdið
15	37:16	Eirikkur	Joensen	1967	Roysnið
16	39:27	Dan Kruse	Thomsen	1970	Bragdið
17	39:59	Sofus	Poulsen	1965	Frælsi
18	40:04	Arnfinnur	Helmsdal	1970	Bragdið
19	40:34	Helgi	Johannessen	1967	Roysnið
20	41:51	Hilmar	Høgenni	1962	Bragdið
–
No.	Time	Men super-veterans (-1960) approx. 7.3 km
1	34:46	Jens R.	Weihe	1947	Frælsi
2	37:24	Rani	Nolsøe	1959	Treysti
3	38:50	Bent	Jakobsen	1958	Bragdið
4	39:37	Gunnar	Simonsen	1952	Treysti
5	40:30	Jóannes	Ortind	1951	Bragdið
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No.	Time	Girls (2000-2004) approx. 3.6 km
1	16:01	Oddvør	Josephsen	2001	Treysti
2	16:11	Maria	Biskopstø	2002	Treysti
3	18:00	Elin Kristina	Ryan	2000	Treysti
4	19:06	Unna Ró	Jacobsen	2002	Bragdið
5	20:49	Birita	Ryan	2002	Treysti
–
No.	Time	Boys (2000-2004) approx. 3.6 km
1	15:05	Dánjal Dahl	Ljósheim	2000	Hvirlan
2	15:45	Hans Eihilt	Sivertsen	2001	Treysti
3	15:55	Hans Erland	Thomsen	2003	Bragdið
4	17:25	Ingi	Johannessen	2002	Roysnið