{"id":821,"date":"2025-01-29T10:42:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T09:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cace.be\/?p=821"},"modified":"2025-01-29T10:48:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T09:48:04","slug":"frosty-fun-and-fizzy-finish-caces-chilly-challenge-at-relais-givres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cace.be\/index.php\/2025\/01\/29\/frosty-fun-and-fizzy-finish-caces-chilly-challenge-at-relais-givres\/","title":{"rendered":"Frosty Fun and Fizzy Finish: CACE\u2019s Chilly Challenge at Relais Givr\u00e9s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For some CACE-members it was another race in a long-standing tradition, for some it was a first \u2013 but all equally enjoyed it: The Relais Givr\u00e9s<\/em> that took place on Saturday, 18 January, near the H\u00f4pital Militaire de Neder-Over-Heembeek. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The name of the event speaks for itself: temperatures were very frosty. Yet, the snow that had covered Brussels a few days ago had melted and the track that partly leads through woodlands was in good condition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

CACE participated with five teams i.e. 25 runners. Team \u201cCACE Claire\u201d was particularly successful: It managed to finish the 44 kilometers in 2:56:40 and was ranked 19th<\/sup> out of 176 teams. However, the Relais Givr\u00e9s<\/em> is not (only) a competition; it is a team event and a \u201cfun run\u201d, as one CACE team reflected in its name. The motto is one for all, all for one: Five runners \u2013 including at least one female \u2013 run two laps of four kilometers each before doing one lap jointly and crossing the finishing line together. The concept of the Relais Givr\u00e9s<\/em> leaves ample time for socialising, i.e. catching up with CACE friends, discussing potential destinations for the next international CACE trip, enjoying carbohydrates in various forms, and exchanging best practice on how to keep oneself warm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Stadium Nelson Mandela and its cafeteria provided an ideal shelter. A special treatment usually awaits the overall slowest team of the Relais Givr\u00e9s<\/em>: It does not stop at the finishing line, but runs the last meters through the cafeteria while being enthusiastically cheered on by the crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Speaking of special treatment: CACE continued its own special tradition of toasting our participation\/survival with champagne. This year, we were also treated to some Austrian delicacies in the form of Mozartkugeln and chocolate-coated rum bombs (on which opinions were sharply divided). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At least at this point in time, the cold and any struggle were forgotten and a firm resolution was made: to participate in the Relais Givr\u00e9s 2026<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For some CACE-members it was another race in a long-standing tradition, for some it was a first \u2013 but all equally enjoyed it: The Relais Givr\u00e9s that took place on Saturday, 18 January, near the H\u00f4pital Militaire de Neder-Over-Heembeek. The name of the event speaks for itself: temperatures were very frosty. Yet, the snow that…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-race-calendar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cace.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cace.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cace.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cace.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cace.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=821"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.cace.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":863,"href":"https:\/\/www.cace.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821\/revisions\/863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cace.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cace.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cace.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}