Faroese Cross-Country Championships and round 5 of the TF Winter Series

Machine-translated from Faroese and not yet reviewed. Read the original.

On Saturday 4 February at 11:00, Bragdið and FÍF are organising a race in Hoydalar that is both the Faroese Cross-Country Championships and round 5 of the TF Winter Series. The race was first run in Hoydalar in 2011, so this is the seventh time the Faroese Cross-Country Championships will be decided in front of Studentaskúlin. The number of participants has kept growing, and hopefully there will be even more this year, because this is a race everyone should try. It is fun, tough, different and demanding, with soft ground all the way round.

Everyone is very welcome to take part!

The field has sometimes been wet, but conditions like that are part of cross-country running

The adult categories run 6 laps, about 8 km, while boys and girls run 2 laps, about 2.6 km. As well as running for points in the Winter Series, athletes will also be competing for Faroese Championship titles and medals in these categories:

• Girls b. 2001-2005
• Boys b. 2001-2005
• Junior women b. 1996-2000
• Junior men b. 1996-2000
• Women open category b. – 2000
• Men open category b. – 2000
• Women veterans b. 1962–1971
• Men veterans b. 1962-1971
• Men super veterans b. – 1961
• Women super veterans b. – 1961

This course is run six times. Girls and boys run two laps.

As mentioned, everyone can take part, even though it is called the Winter Series and the Faroese Championships, so just come along and register at www.fif.fo before 23:00 on Friday evening. Registration costs DKK 50 for adults and DKK 20 for children, and must be paid when you register. You can also register on site on Saturday morning from 10:00 to 10:30, but then registration costs DKK 100 and DKK 50.

It is a good idea to wear good shoes for the race, especially if the weather is wet. Something will be laid over the paved stretches, so you can run in spikes the whole way.

Bib numbers are to be collected on Saturday morning from 10:00 at Studentaskúlin

Welcome down to Hoydalar

In 2014 the weather was particularly challenging, and 3-2 made this report about it.

It is not often that we get to run in the “forest” here at home.