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It was Dánjal Dahl Ljósheim who became Man of the Year when he won the Men’s Run (Mannfólkarenningin), organised by Hvirlan out at Vika. There was not much sign of the regular winter runners that day, but a good number of runners still gathered at the start, and no fewer than 52 runners reached the finish.
It is rather rarer to see more than 50 men running empty-handed up from Føroya Bjór.
There were veteran runners, triathletes, footballers and referees, but nobody could do anything about Dánjal Dahl Ljósheim, who won a comfortable victory. Experienced as he now is, he started cautiously and did not pick up the pace until the others began to tire. After that it did not take long before he was well out in front. Some doubt over which way he should run home via the old bridge meant a lot of time was wasted, but without it ever becoming exciting.
Dánjal was first into the river and shows the way
The pack behind Dánjal stayed fairly well together. Dánjal finished half a minute clear, but then there was only another half minute back to seventh place. In second place came Steffan Klein Poulsen, whom some may remember from an old running race or two. Steffan used to train with Treysti for a while. In third place came the young triathlete Magni J. Hansen. He has also been at many running events recently and is an exciting athlete to follow. In fourth place came the well-known running surname Djurhuus. This time it was Mørn’s big brother, Jørleif Djurhuus, who moved up two places with a good sprint. In fifth place was yet another triathlete – this time at the older end. The tough Andrass Joensen worked his way steadily through the field and held off the sixth man, who was the FÍF chair, by a few seconds. In seventh place came the battler Pauli Johannesen, who used to run for Bragdið but whom we have not seen for a while. And right behind him came no fewer than two Hávarðs!
First across the deep river (Steffan and Magni)
First wade and then crawl
And then they all reached the finish. One after another. Dirty and tired, they threw themselves down on the car park among Wenzel’s cars and the sausage smoke from the hot grill. The trip along the Sandá, across the Sandá and in the Sandá down to Sandágerð and back up again had taken all the energy out of these men, who nevertheless seemed very pleased with their effort.
There was not much left in the men when they reached the finish. Still, they all managed a frankfurter and a Biiip or a fizzy drink – so it can’t have been that bad
The team competition was extremely close. But the best team belonged to Bragdið, which had the runners in 5th, 6th and 12th place.
It was with much huffing and puffing that a well-mixed Bragdið team won the team competition. From left: Andrass, Dávid and Hallur
Team Vanthamar battled their way to second place. From left: Hávarð Vatnhamar, Hjalti Eliasen and Pauli Johannesen
Hvirlan chair Eyðun Jakobsen reads out the winners. He was very pleased with the event
Grill-hungry men find it hard to resist the good frankfurters
Read more on the website of HVIRLAN
All the results can be seen HERE
Hvirlan’s photos can be seen HERE
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