Notable guests at TF VK 8

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On Saturday the Faroese 10 km Road Championships take place in Runavík. The race is also the eighth and final round of the TF Winter Series, which began last November. Several of the categories have more or less been decided already, but there is still some excitement here and there. Either way, there is great anticipation over who will become Faroese champion in the various categories.

All winter we have seen the same runners finish first. Of the seven rounds so far, Jan Elmar Sørensen of Treysti has won four. Eirikur Hansen of Bragdið has won two and Julian Gregersen of Treysti one. Rebekka Fuglø, Treysti, has won all five rounds she has taken part in. Rigmor N. Arge has won the other two.

On Saturday, however, we can expect brand-new faces on the top step of the podium, for both men and women. That’s because we have some notable guests coming! In the women’s race, Marna Egholm is coming home to run the Faroese Championships. She has a fresh 10 km in her legs: only last Saturday she set a Faroese record and won bronze at the Danish Championships over exactly this distance. She is therefore the clear favourite to win the Faroese title. Borgarhjørt Holm will also be in the race, and she may well join the battle for the less precious metal.

Marna Egholm will take part in the Faroese Championships on Saturday

In the men’s race too we have a very interesting guest. The top Danish runner Lars Budolfsen is coming to the Faroe Islands to race. It is Jan Elmar Sørensen who, together with Treysti, has brought the Dane over, and the plan is for him to act as pacemaker for the leading Faroese runners. This is to give them the chance to beat the Island Games qualification standard over the distance, which is 33:20. Most likely it will be Eirikur Hansen and Jan Elmar Sørensen who chase the Dane, but Julian Gregersen and Andrias Hansen certainly also have a chance to make their mark in the battle for the Faroese 10 km title.

Denmark’s best marathon runner of the last 20 years, Lars Budolfsen, is coming to run the Faroese 10 km Championships on Saturday

FÍF contacted Dansk Atletikforbund to check whether it is permitted to run with a foreign pacemaker in a domestic championship race. It turns out that this is fine. On the other hand, it is NOT permitted for men to pace women, or vice versa.

In the TF Winter Series, the biggest excitement is in the women’s super-veteran category, where the battle is between Cecilia Arendal and Sunneva Olsen. Sunneva has to win on Saturday if she is to have any hope of winning the overall competition. In the team competition, there is once again great excitement this year over whether Roysnið can bring home the bronze prize money. This will above all be a hard battle with Treysti 2, but Bragdið 2 could also spring a surprise and walk off with the bronze prize money. Treysti 1 has secured victory ahead of Bragdið 1.

The TF Winter Series has been a great success this winter, and we hope for a good and exciting finale on Saturday.