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Rennie’s 12 Hour Relay in Abqaiq

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Author: Ivie Rennie
Released 12 May 2009

All good things come to an end and on Wednesday, April 29, 2009, the last run of “Rennie’s 12 Hour Relay” was held in Abqaiq.

Mike Hanley presents Ivie Rennie with a trophy

This event organized by Ivie Rennie, an analytical chemist in SAPED/SALD, was the 7th annual run. Due to Rennie’s imminent retirement from Aramco on the June 1st, after 28 years and 3 months with the company, it was also sadly the last of this particular event.

Involving teams of seven runners competing on a 2-mile course in a relay format for exactly 12 hours, this event attracted nine teams this year. The 63 runners aged from 12 to 60 years-old ran through the night for a total of 800 miles! The Abqaiq Track group was very well supported by the Saudi Aramco Wellness Runners from Dhahran. Participants came to the event from as far apart as Udhailiyah and Jubail. With the support of cyclists leading the way around the route and a support team of route marshals, initial hiccups were fast resolved. At Rennie’s house the timekeepers did an outstanding job monitoring the runners and inside the food marshals helped maintain a supply of food and water for all involved.

Abqaiq Track Group would like to thank the following departments for their support in making this a highly successful event:

• Abqaiq Housing for the use of house C223.
  
• Abqaiq Recreation for the supply of necessary equipment and keeping certain lights on during the event.
  
• Abqaiq Security for expediting the signing in of the visitors, providing guards to monitor traffic at 2 critical points and for checking in at base camp periodically to see if assistance was required.

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