Athenaeum cook Frank Tang hands out water to runners at mile 21 of the Los Angeles Marathon on Sunday, March 7. Captained by Athenaeum food and beverage director Jorge Alvarado, who has staffed a water station for the past eight years, the nearly 70 Caltech and JPL volunteers also cheered on Ath general manager Crystal Thomas and staff member Jose Bejar, and JPL’s Kamal Oudrhiri.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, a group of 38 students, postdocs, staff, and faculty set a “world record” on the Caltech track in a relay against the L.A. Marathon elite runners. Beginning at the same time the marathoners left the starting line, the group averaged 67.2 seconds per lap for 105.5 laps, with a total time of 1:58:08—besting the marathon world record by more than five minutes. Pictured is Teddy Yu ’04 handing off to Tamara Becher ’04.