Betri VK3: the year’s last running race on Saturday

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The forecast for this coming Saturday is much the same as last Saturday: a stiff north-westerly wind, six degrees, sunny spells and probably dry. Not bad running weather, as Bragdið hosts round 3 of the Betri Winter Series (VK3), which starts on Saturday 25 November at 11:00.

As mentioned earlier, the race cannot go out to Glyvursnes because of the major construction work on the expansion of Tórshavn harbour. So we are going back to Tórsbreyt, where we will run the four laps we know from before:

The race starts on the track and then heads up to the roundabout on the ring road, past Magn and back down the ring road. Runners then turn left onto Hvítanesvegur, along Skraddaragøta over to Svartafoss and then down towards Tórsbreyt. Four laps are to be run, and on the fourth lap runners go back into Tórsbreyt to the finish. The children run one lap.

The course around Tórsbreyt, Skraddaragøta and Svartafoss was last run in 2013, when Marnar Djurhuus and Bjørk H. Olsen were in a class of their own.

The categories are:
-Women / men open category (b. -2001)
-Women veterans / Men veterans (b. 1963-1972)
-Women/Men super veterans (b. 1953-1962)
-Women/Men ultra veterans (b. 1952 or earlier)
-Junior women / Junior men (b. 1997-2001)
-Girls / Boys (b. 2002-2006)

Changing facilities are in Fimi, where there will also be a social get-together with a good cup of coffee and the medal presentation after the race.

Bib numbers can be collected on Friday between 15:00 and 17:00 in the technical building at Tórsbreyt, and on Saturday morning from 10:00 at the same place.

Registration is open on fif.fo. The deadline for online registration is Friday evening at 23:00. Payment is by card. Anyone who has not registered by Friday evening has a last chance to register on Saturday morning from 10:00-10:30, and must then pay in cash.

See you at Tórsbreyt!

Somewhat unexpectedly, it is the man who keeps track of all the standings in the Betri Winter Series, Roysnið’s Regin Thomsen, who has taken the lead in the overall competition after two fourth places. Can he stay at the top into next year?