Machine-translated from Faroese and not yet reviewed. Read the original.
The running conditions in Hoydalar yesterday were the very best you could imagine. Not a breath of wind. It was cold, but in the sun you didn’t notice it at all. The steam from tired runners in the finish area hung thick and rose straight up towards the sun, which kept their bodies warm long after the race was over. It had rained a lot overnight into Saturday, so the field was quite wet in places. Together with the slope in the wood, this made for six heavy laps for the runners.
There is definitely room for more children. Here they start some 50 metres ahead of the adults.
We had some exciting names in the race. Bjørk Herup Olsen had come from Denmark, and a Danish-Swedish couple has also moved to the Faroe Islands. Peter Jensen and Sarah Vallin are both experienced runners and have already trained with Bragdið a few times. So it was exciting to see what they could do against our best. And then there was Signar Røsvik, who had come to the Faroe Islands for a wedding.
The start is under way, and Signar is already in the lead
In 2015 Signar was home in the Faroe Islands on Flag Day and at Ólavsøka. Both times he took the opportunity to compete in the races, and both times he won convincingly. And now that a race came up again during a trip to the Faroe Islands, he took the chance once more. The result was the same. A very secure win, and his first Faroese Championships title in cross-country! Signar did a Signar again.
He broke away from the other runners straight away. Eirikur Hansen in second place was a minute and a half behind, and then there was a good minute back to Dánjal Dahl Ljósheim in third. The Dane Peter Jensen also ran well and was only 15 seconds off the bronze.
In the women’s race it was Rebekka Fuglø who won once again. It was Bjørk Herup Olsen who gave her the toughest competition, but Rebekka’s win was never in danger. The gap between them was 50 seconds. A good half minute later came Oddvør Josephsen, who had had a hard duel with the Swede Sarah Vallin. Oddvør, however, managed to pick up the pace well towards the end and finished 15 seconds ahead of the Swedish woman.
The best boys today, from left: Ingi, Hans Erland and Rúni
Maria Biskopstø is missing from the photo. Anna Katrina and Vibeka had yet another exciting race.
All the results can be seen here:
Photos
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