The Flag Day Run, which this year is number 30 in the series, is the oldest race in the Faroe Islands. Much has changed since the first race, when there were 39 participants, and at its biggest about 600 have taken part. Bragdið welcomes everyone, young and old alike, to join in. Press release from Bragdið:

The days are getting longer and lighter again, Flag Day is approaching, and with it the annual Flag Day Run, which this year is the 30th in the series. As usual, Bragdið organises the race, which this year again starts and finishes at Kongabrúgvin. The race starts at 16:00, straight after the Flag Day ceremony at Vaglið. Children and adults, experienced and inexperienced, will test themselves, and companies will compete against each other. The route is the same as in 2015: starting at Kongabrúgvin, then running along Strond and a little past Boðanesheimið to turn. This course is to be run 2 times. The adults’ course is just under 7 km.

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The Flag Day Run is for children and adults, trained and untrained. Yes, everyone can take part. Or rather: everyone ought to take part

The youngest children run from Kongabrúgvin out to the roundabout by the hot dog stand and back to the finish, approx. 500m. The older children run out to the gate at Nyhavn (Schengen) and back to the finish, or approx. 1000m.

Medals will be awarded to the top three in each category, for children and adults. The winners among the children and adults will also receive a good prize, which is a gift card.

The fun run is well suited to those who would like to walk and run without competing. Mums, dads, grandmas, grandads, godmothers, godfathers, aunts and uncles, knitting clubs – yes, all adults who feel like getting some exercise. There is no timing for this category, and participants choose for themselves whether to walk/run 3.5 or 6.9 km. Fun runners do not take part in the team competition.

The categories will be as follows:

  • Girls and boys born (2007 and later)
  • Girls and boys born (2005-2006)
  • Girls and boys born (2003-2004)
  • Women and men open category born (-2002)
  • Women and men veterans (1961-1970)
  • Women and men super veterans (-1960)
  • Fun run – adults, born (-2002)

 

The entry fee is DKK 40 for children and DKK 100 for adults, and must be paid online. The link is here:

http://app.lap.io/event/2016-flaggdagsrenning

 

Registration is open until Saturday 23 April at 18:00. No registration on the day. (The exception is the fun run.)

Bib numbers will be handed out on Flag Day, from 13:00 – 15:00 at Snarskivan.

 

As well as being an individual race, the Flag Day Run is also a competition between companies, schools, institutions etc., known as the company competition. Participants in the company competition must be in permanent employment to count. Men and women are not on the same team. There must be 3-5 participants on a team, and the 3 best placings count. The team with the fewest points is the winner. In the company competition there is also a good gift card for the winners, provided by Bowlinghøllin in Hálsur. Only adults take part in the team competition, not children or the fun run. It is very important that participants on the same team write the team name identically.