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Yesterday the Faroese Half Marathon Championships were held in Klaksvík alongside the big NS Half Marathon event, organised by Treysti. There was also a charity run for Sclerosufelagið, with all the money from those who ran the shorter course, 5 km, going in full to Sclerosufelagið. There was also a children’s race before the start. The event was a great success, and around 200 runners took part in total.
Rather wet before the start, but it turned out really well
The weather didn’t look like much. There was a lot of rain all morning, but it dried up somewhat after the 14:00 start. There wasn’t much wind, and since it was also fairly mild, the running conditions turned out to be excellent, all things considered.
The race was four laps of just over five kilometres. After the first quarter, four men were running together. But straight afterwards, Cecil Weihe broke away. The other three, Hjalmar Sjóvará, Regin Thomsen and Lau Jensen, stayed together until 16 km, when Hjalmar had to let go. Before the last trip out to Bumshamar, a gap also began to open between Regin and Lau.
Cecil extended his lead all the way. His pace was so even that not even the finest clockwork could have told one kilometre from another. At the finish, Cecil was just under three minutes ahead of his nearest rival, and won the Faroese Half Marathon Championships for the third time. Regin Thomsen set a good personal best and secured silver a good twenty seconds ahead of Lau Jensen in bronze position.
Here they pass the finish after the first of four laps, and Cecil is well on his way to breaking away. Peter Jensen is still with them here, but soon dropped back.
This may well have been Roysnið’s best day ever. Winning silver and bronze in the men’s championship was one thing. But the women wanted even more, winning both gold and silver. Admittedly, it was the strong-running Swede Sarah Vallin who finished first of all the women, but she was not part of the championship contest. Behind her came first Astrid Joensen and then Lydia Jacobsen. Both ran very evenly and well, and their placings were never under threat. This was the first time Astrid had won a Faroese title in running. Svanna Lútzen of Treysti took the bronze.
Astrid Joensen showed good form and won her first Faroese title in running
The Swede Sarah Vallin was far ahead of the other women, but cannot win the Faroese Championships. She did, however, win the NS ½ marathon
Roysnið made a real haul at the Faroese ½ Marathon Championships, winning no fewer than four of the six big medals.
Faroese Championships, open category, men
1. Cecil Weihe, Bragdið 1:21:53
2. Regin Thomsen, Roysnið 1:24:21
3. Lau Jensen, Roysnið 1:24:47
Faroese Championships, open category, women
1. Astrid Joensen, Roysnið 1:37:09
2. Lydia Jacobsen, Roysnið 1:39:33
3. Svanna Lútzen, Treysti 1:51:07
Faroese Championships, veterans, men
1. Cecil Weihe, Bragdið 1:21:53
2. Lau Jensen, Roysnið 1:24:47
3. Hjalmar Sjóvará, Bragdið 1:25:48
Faroese Championships, veterans, women
1. Astrid Joensen, Roysnið 1:37:09
2. Mona Rasmussen, Treysti 1:51:46
3. Beinta Hilduberg, Bragdið 1:56:42
Faroese Championships, super veterans, men
1. Borgar Biskopstø, Treysti 1:37:05
2. Hjalti Gunnarstein, Bragdið 1:39:28
3. Kári Simonsen, Bragdið 1:43:06
Faroese Championships, super veterans, women
1. Elisabeth Rasmussen, Bragdið 2:04:02
2. Anna Sofía Kristiansen, Bragdið 2:07:54
3. Laila Jacobsen, Frælsi 2:15:24
Faroese Championships, ultra veterans, men
1. Jóannes Ortind, Bragdið 1:47:36
2. Robert Vilhelmsen, Bragdið 1:59:43
Faroese Half Marathon Championships 2018
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