La Gansho'run

About the race

La Gansho'run is not an ordinary race but a team relay in Ganshoren, starting and finishing at La Bergerie on the Rue au Bois. A team consists of eight to twelve runners who take turns on the same 1.10-kilometre loop; the number of laps decides how far you get as a team. That makes handovers and internal agreements weigh as heavily as running speed: start too fast and the rest of the team will notice. Entry is open from the age of twelve. For spectators the format is ideal, because the field comes past the same point every few minutes. The gun goes at ten.