Machine-translated from Faroese and not yet reviewed. Read the original.
Today was the big day, when the Copenhagen ½ marathon was run. It was first held in 2014, when it was a World Championships race and 25,000 other runners took part, among them some 200 Faroese.
The event was such a success that DAF wanted to continue it, even though it no longer had World Championship status. Both last year and this year well over 20,000 runners took part, and in both years there were also many Faroese. The Danish Championships are part of Copenhagen Half, so several Faroese had entered for Danish clubs. In any case, some 60-70 Faroese took part today.
Among them was our very best long-distance runner, Marna Egholm. She was also considered to have a good chance of making her mark in the battle for the top places in the Danish Championships.
Marna has prepared for this race, and for the Danish Marathon Championships on 4 October, with a four-week altitude training camp in Kenya. A great deal of training has been on the programme, and it has been very, very hard for her.
Then a terribly unfortunate accident happened on board the plane on the way home, when a flight attendant dropped a cup of coffee into Marna’s lap. The scalding hot coffee did serious damage. The result was 2nd-degree and partly also 3rd-degree burns. That seemed to put an end to the Danish Half Marathon Championships. But no, despite intensive pain treatment, Marna chose to start the race today anyway. She tried to follow the leading runner but had to let her go early on and defend her 2nd place. Although her pace dropped somewhat, Marna once again managed to set a Faroese record, crossing the finish line in 1:17:38. It was also a secure silver medal in the Danish Championships, where only Louise Langelund Batting of Århus 1900 finished ahead of her.
Yet another Faroese record for Marna, and yet another Danish Championship medal. This time silver.
FÍF warmly congratulates Marna on the Faroese record and the Danish Championship silver medal. We also wish you a speedy recovery and the best of luck at the Danish Marathon Championships on 4 October.
Henry Olsen won his age group
There was also a Danish Championship gold medal today. Henry Olsen from Bragdið won the 50-54 age group. His time was 1:18:43. FÍF also warmly congratulates Henry on his Danish Championship gold!
There were many good Faroese results today. Unfortunately, also a few that were not entirely satisfactory. The brothers Andrias and Eirikur Hansen had both aimed to beat the Island Games qualification standard, which is 1:15:00. But both had an unsuccessful race. Eirikur held the pace for the first 5-10 km and Andrias for the first 10-15. But then they had nothing left. Hopefully they will soon find new strength and courage, and keep trying.
The fastest Faroese was Signar Røsvik, who ran the course in 1:13:54. He finished 4th in the 40-44 age group.
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