Icelandic runner Þorbergur Ingi Jónsson set a new record in the endurance race Laugavegshlaupið in the central highlands today. He finished the 55 km (34.5 mi) run in a time of 4hr 7min 47sec, or more than 12min faster than the previous record.
The course follows Iceland’s most famous hiking trail between Landmannalaugar and the Þórsmörk nature reserve. The route takes the runners up and down gloriously hued, desolate volcano hills, over bursting glacial rivers and clear blue water streams, alongside glaciers and rugged mountains, through lava fields and green valleys. It’s essentially the whole spectrum of Iceland’s interior landscape compressed in one trip.
The trek is usually done in three to five days but the 345 runners of this years competition had to cover the trail within one day.
The fastest woman was Elísabet Margeirsdóttir in a time of 5hr 34min 5sec.
Participants came from 29 nations, the majority or 261 from Iceland, with the second biggest group, 28, coming from the United States. This was the 18th consecutive Laugavegshlaupið. See more at marathon.is
Icelandic runner Þorbergur Ingi Jónsson set a new record in the endurance race Laugavegshlaupið in the central highlands today. He finished the 55 km (34.5 mi) run in a time of 4hr 7min 47sec, or more than 12min faster than the previous record.
The course follows Iceland’s most famous hiking trail between Landmannalaugar and the Þórsmörk nature reserve. The route takes the runners up and down gloriously hued, desolate volcano hills, over bursting glacial rivers and clear blue water streams, alongside glaciers and rugged mountains, through lava fields and green valleys. It’s essentially the whole spectrum of Iceland’s interior landscape compressed in one trip.
The trek is usually done in three to five days but the 345 runners of this years competition had to cover the trail within one day.
The fastest woman was Elísabet Margeirsdóttir in a time of 5hr 34min 5sec.
Participants came from 29 nations, the majority or 261 from Iceland, with the second biggest group, 28, coming from the United States. This was the 18th consecutive Laugavegshlaupið. See more at marathon.is
