PERU: OVER 300 PERUVIAN WAITERS PARTICIPATE IN NINTH ANNUAL "WAITERS RACE" IN CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL TOURISM DAY

Record ID: 584828

  • Title: PERU: OVER 300 PERUVIAN WAITERS PARTICIPATE IN NINTH ANNUAL "WAITERS RACE" IN CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL TOURISM DAY
  • Date: 30th September 1999
  • Summary: LIMA, PERU (SEPTEMBER 27, 1999) (REUTERS TV) 1. WAITERS GETTING READY 2. MARATHON ORGANIZERS DISTRIBUTING VESTS TO COMPETITORS 3. VARIOUS OF PARTICIPANTS PREPARING TO BEGIN RACE 4. VARIOUS OF PARTICIPANTS DURING MARATHON 5. VARIOUS OF FEMALE PARTICIPANTS AS THEY SPILL THEIR DRINKS 6. VARIOUS OF MARATHON PARTICIPANTS 7. MARATHON LEADER RUNNING AHEAD OF OTHERS 8. VIEW OF FINISH LINE 9. JOHNNY CARDENAS CROSSEES THE LINE TO WIN 10. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish)RACE WINNER, JOHNNY CARDENAS WHO PARTICIPATED OR THE FIRST TIME, SAYING: "It's easy. In my opinion I have not run that much, so I am not too tired." 11. OFFICIAL GUIDING MEN ONE WAY WHILE WOMAN TAKE DIFFERENT ROUTE 12. CONSUELO OCAMPO WINS WOMEN'S RACE 12 (SOUNDBITE)(Spanish) CONSUELO OCAMPO FALCON, SAYING "I was a bit nervous trying to catch up with the others, it was a hard race." 13. VIEW OF SIXTY SIX YEAR-OLD COMPETITOR ARRIVING AT END LINE 14 (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) UNIDENTIFIED SIXTY SIX YEAR OLD WAITER WINS MASTERS RACE "For me it is not difficult. I ran for the third time, another two years, I will run until I am SIXTY EIGHT." 15. PARTICIPANTS AT END OF RACE Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 15th October 1999 13:00
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  • Location: LIMA, PERU
  • Country: Peru
  • Reuters ID: LVABRL9A6013BND0BFZ8EULJHYLD
  • Story Text: Over 300 Peruvian waiters participated in the ninth
    annual "Waiters' Race," in celebration of the International
    Tourism Day.

    Over 300 Peruvian waiters, carrying their service
    trays with a drink, took part in a sprint through the streets
    of Lima on Monday (September 27) to compete in a two kilometre
    race for the speediest waiter award.

    Men and women competitors carried one full glass and an
    opened soft drink bottle as they ran for the title while fans
    along the sidelines cheered them on through the 20 block
    trajectory.

    Waiters in the city of Lima have held the joyful
    competition for nine years demonstrating their agility and
    speed without spilling the contents of their tray.

    This year's winner, a twenty-year old waiter from Lima's
    Regatta Club, broke last year's record by reaching the finish
    line in just 11 minutes and 46 seconds.The previous record
    was set at 12 minutes and 50 seconds.

    Johnny Noa Cardenas, who won the prize for $1000 U.S.

    dollars and several consumer products donated by businesses
    sponsoring the race, said it was the first time he had
    participated in the race.

    "I know this part of the city,...I did not know the
    route," said Cardenas adding that it was an easy race and he
    was not too tired.

    The first waitress to complete the run finished in 15
    minutes 30 seconds.

    "I was a bit nervous trying to catch up with the others,
    it was a hard race," said Consuelo Ocampo Falcon.

    Another category within the race was the "masters" race
    in which older waiters and waitresses participate.The winner
    of that category was a sixty-six-year old man who said it was
    his third year in the competition.The elderly runner said he
    intends to run in the next two annual races, when he will be
    sixty eight years old.

    The race was originally organized in recognition of the men
    and women who, through their work in the service industry, are
    the first ones to come in contact with tourists visiting the
    South American nation.


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