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The Men’s Run 2016

04.04.2016 · Hallur Holm

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For the fourth year in a row, Hvirlan is organising this year’s Men’s Run. The race takes place this Saturday at 13:00. Meet at Wenzel’s car dealership.

The Men’s Run is a different kind of race. You cross the Sandá river a couple of times, run on the sand, do a bit of climbing on the bank in Sandágerði, and otherwise run on the paths around the pleasant surroundings of the Sandá. You will get dirty and you will get wet, and you can call yourself a real man when you cross the finish line. Hvirlan writes this on its website:

The Men’s Run is a good opportunity for groups of friends, workplaces, athletes and all sorts of men to test themselves and, not least, to challenge others as individuals or as a team.

This year’s Men’s Run is on 9 April, and we start at 13:00

As last year, we will be out by the Sandá, so the running takes place in a manly setting. There is a competition for both teams and individuals. Register here. To take part as a team, three men who have registered as individuals must let us know that they are a team. So it costs nothing extra to take part as a team.

The categories are

Young Men (born 1971 or later)
Grown Men (born 1961–1970)
Seasoned Men (born 1960 or earlier)

The fee is DKK 100.00 per participant.

A prize draw will be held among all the participants for:

Nax experiences: a kayak trip for 10 people. Worth DKK 6,000.
A GPS device from p/f Wenzel. Worth DKK 1,500.

We start at 13:00, and on-site registration is from 11:00 to 13:00.

A leaflet with more information about the event and a map of the route can be seen here.

The route has been changed slightly this year. The change is that after coming down to the Sandá, runners will first run upstream along the river before heading down into Sandágerði. This year there will be only one lap.

The beautiful surroundings by the Sandá and in Sandágerði are the setting for this year’s Men’s Run