Faroese 10 km Championships and the Betri Winter Series final on Saturday at 11:00

As part of the annual Spring Race (Várkappingin), Roysnið and FÍF are organising the Faroese 10 km Championships in Runavík on 17 March at 11:00. This will also be round 8, the final round, of the TF Winter Series 2017/2018. Although this is the Faroese 10 km Championships, it is also an open race that anyone can enter. To take part in the 10 km, however, you must have been born in 2001 or earlier. To compete in the Faroese Championships, you must be a member of a club under FÍF.

While the adults run 10 km, girls and boys (born 2002–2006) run 5 km. Juniors (born 1997–2001), who also compete in the open category, will of course also be running for the Faroese 10 km Championships.

As in previous years, the course is just over 9 laps around Runavík: out along the main road, down onto the quay just before the roundabout, back along the lower road, and up again onto the main road just beyond the Magn station, where runners turn and head back out again.

As usual, the start is outside Kiosk Vár, and the finish is by Sjómansheimið, a little before the downhill stretch.

The start last year 

The children start on the lower road and finish in the same place as the adults. They run just under 5 laps.

Both are DAF-approved courses. Categories:

The Faroese 10 km Championships will be contested in the following categories:

– Men and women, open category (born 2001 or earlier)

– Men and women, veterans (born 1963–1972)

– Men and women, super-veterans (born 1953–1962)
– Men and women, ultra-veterans (born 1952 or earlier)The entry fee is DKK 50 for adults and DKK 30 for children. Registration is on the FÍF website (www.fif.fo). Link to registration here: Várkappingin og FM 10km 2018. The deadline for online registration is midnight on Friday evening 17/3.

Bib collection and late registration will be in the canteen at Skúlin við Løkin on race day between 10:15 and 10:45. Changing facilities are available at Bylgjan, where it will also be possible to shower after the race (the same changing rooms as for the New Year Half Marathon).

After the race, Roysnið invites everyone for coffee and more in the canteen at Skúlin við Løkin, where medals will also be presented for the Faroese Championships, along with trophies for the overall results in the TF Winter Series.