CERN Relay Race: The Shabbys again, but only just!


Gregor Grawer of the Shabbys bringing his team to a narrow victory over ALICE - Out of Control.

The sun was shining as the start was given for this year's CERN Relay Race with a record 65 teams at the starting line. 'ALICE - Out of Control' held an impressive lead from the start but were eventually overtaken in the last 300 metres by the Shabbys. In doing so, they claimed their sixth consecutive victory with a time of 10 min 39,9 sec, the fastest they have ever run. This year for the first time a new trophy was awarded for the fastest woman at the 1000 metres line which was won by Helenka Przysiezniak of the Running Athenas, while the men's trophy went to Marc Magrans de Abril of ALICE - Out of Control in 2 min 45 sec.

The good weather contributed to the festive atmosphere as runners and spectators relaxed on the lawn of Restaurant No. 1 accompanied by music by the CERN Jazz Club's excellent 'Pink Symbolic Stompers'.

The CERN Audiovisual Service and the 'Open Your Eyes' filmmaking club were on hand to record the event. Their film will shortly be available on the Running Club Web site


The full race results are published in this week's Staff Association bulletin.