Dog Shit set today’s run out towards Ob Khan and a decent crowd of male hashers turned up. From the A, we had a great view across to watch lightening strike in the hills to the West. Ominously the lightening drew closer, and sure enough within minutes of setting out on the run the heavens opened and we were in the midst of a downpour.
The first victims of the rain were Dyke Converter and his son MiniMe, diving for cover before Dog Shit had even gone looking to help. Shortly after Frozen Dick and Screwed Up decided better and turned back in the downpour. Belly Dancer wasn’t far behind and that just left the idiots to keep swimming through the rain.
There were a couple of spots where the trail had been washed away by the rains, but to be fair Dog Shit had done an excellent job of backing up powder markings with paper, so there was enough remaining for us to find the route and eventually the storm passed, the rains eased and we were left running through a light drizzle on some really good trails – if a little slippery in places.
Chuck Wao was on form determined to break away from the pack, and he managed to several times and eventually stormed away at the finish. The trail ended with around 1.5km back the way we started, which made a true runners finish. Despite the rain, which was out of the hare’s control anyway, Dog Shit set an excellent 8.5km run.