Machine-translated from Faroese and not yet reviewed. Read the original.
Tomorrow is Culture Night in Reykjavík, and one of the really big events on the day is the Reykjavík Marathon, which has a total of 12,000 participants this year. That figure includes all the race distances. Among all these people are a number of Faroese. Particularly noteworthy is that Hvistan from Suðuroy is on its first club trip abroad, and they have managed to bring together no fewer than 27 runners, who will represent the club’s red colours on the streets of Reykjavík tomorrow. Most of them will be running the half marathon.
Hvistan in Reykjavík. The new chair has done a great deal of work to develop recreational running in Suðuroy
The blues from Tórshavn are also well represented in Reykjavík, with just one or two fewer than the Suðuroy contingent. Most of the Bragdið runners will run the full distance. Conditions are good for fast times in Reykjavík, as the route is fairly flat and the temperature is often ideal. Nor is it crowded for the marathon runners, so everyone gets to run freely.
Bragdið in Reykjavík. Between them, this group must by now have quite a few marathons to their names
The large Faroese presence has attracted attention in Iceland, and it has not gone unnoticed by Mogginn either, which has published this article about the Faroese
At Bragdið they are not only planning to run. Tórshavn Marathon is always to be developed further, and Bragdið has therefore chosen to have a stand at the marathon expo. Robert Vilhelmsen is in charge of this. A great many foreigners come to Reykjavík to run, and it is certainly a good idea to showcase our beautiful Tórshavn Marathon to both Icelanders and their foreign running guests.
The Tórshavn Marathon stand in Reykjavík
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