The Chief of Air Force (CAF) Air Marshall Angus Houston, a member of the Air Force - Relay For Life team, leads from the front by running 30 laps in the first 45 minutes of the Cancer Council ACT - Relay For Life. Conducted at the Australian Institute of Sport, the relay took place over 24 hours from 1800 hours on Friday 5 April to 1800 hours on Saturday 6 April. Nine ADF teams participated, representing the Canberra Defence community. Together they raised more than $12,000 to help in the fight against cancer. Overall 63 teams participated in the Relay For Life, raising more than $150,000. (Photo by WO2 Al Green.)

Chief of Air Force (CAF) Air Marshall Angus Houston, led the field at the recent Cancer Council - Relay for Life event held at The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Canberra over 24 hours from Friday, 5 April.

CAF was a member of the Air Force - Relay For Life team and ran 30 laps in the first 45 minutes of the event.

This was backed up with another 30 laps the following morning.

The other ADF teams participating were more than impressed with CAF's participation in the event as well as his running ability.

Another individual effort of note was from GPCAPT Warren Ludwig who completed 71 laps in a two-hour session.

The Air Force Team of 15 completed 649 laps of the AIS Athletics Track (259.6 kilometres) in a 24-hour period.

This was good enough for the Air Force to take home the first place trophy in the running/walking team category.

'The Air Force team overall made a fantastic contribution to this event and are to be commended for their individual efforts. All members pushed themselves to achieve personal best efforts for the time they were on the track,' said Warrant Officer PTI Nick Bandy, coordinator of the Air Force team.

'A big thank you to all those who participated, contributed and supported the Air Force and other ADF teams.

'This event led to over $150,000 being raised toward the fight against cancer. Again, well done and thank you.'

By CPL Mark Eaton