We began our route at the historic Tórshavn cathedral, early in the morning, around 06:15am. It was fairly cold and overcast with minimal traffic, as we headed north making a few turns through town before heading onto a small path which would lead us to the route 50. This was the first and also largest climb, which took us over a quite grand and fairly trafficked pass. Through the pass there was wind with light to heavy rain and heavy fog, which would lift as we started descending off of the pass towards the water.
At the bottom of the pass we made a right turn (onto the 11 which would shortly become the 10) towards the water and encountered a short, heavily trafficked straight with very minimal room to run on the side of the road. After that brief section however, we got onto a sidewalk which we were able to take through the slight downhill along the road towards Kollafjørður.
After exiting Kollafjørður the road along the water veered left and we hit a long, gradual climb. This part of the run was heavily trafficked, but there was sufficient room to run safely on the side of the road. This section also had a heavy headwind of about 20mph, with gusts reaching close to 30mph. Eventually the climb would lead to more steady rolling hills before dropping down past Hvalvík on the right, very close to the water.
At this point the wind died down and it was fairly cool with light cloud cover and some sunlight peeking through. We continued on the 10 through a rolling hills section where we would hit the marathon point of the run before approaching the grandiose bridge to cross onto Eysturoy Island. The bridge had a foot / bike path present which made it easy to cross as we ran through the town of Oyrarbakki.
We were now on the last stretch of the run, encountering some more light headwind as we hit one of the final climbs out of Oyrarbakki, staying left and close to the water on the 62. After a long descent the road stayed flat, closer to the water, before having one final climb up near Lake Eiði (though it was not in sight). After the final climb we descended down towards the destination of Eiði, staying left at the intersection and steeply dropping down into town. As we entered town the historic Eiði cathedral was almost immediately on the right, where we successfully completed the Faroe Islands - Tórshavn to Eiði route in 5 hours, 47 minutes.
Aid was provided throughout the trip when needed by a support car. We refueled on gels and water typically every 5-10 km or as needed / when possible.
This was an incredible picturesque route which explored an array of the Faroese nature and fjords.