Today was the first Monday run of the new CH3 Monday hash running back on Mondays. After a brief flirt with Tuesday’s we gathered again on Monday for a run set by Sloppy Rod and his evil cohort Square Rooter. Given the location by the hills of Huay Tung Thao, I was dreading a traditional evil S’Root run.
A good sized group showed up and quickly we set off. The checks came quick and fast, with barely a chance to get running again before we hit the next check -where the hell was this going? Left / Right / back again, it was a start designed to confuse us. Sloppy had warned us that Square Rooter had set some evil check backs of V and X checks – well I think I got the worst of it ploughing 200m though scraping brambles only to find a check back that made me nearly collapse and cry. Battered, bruised and DFL…
Not much further we hit a circle check that Chuck Wao screwed up for everyone and we hit the canal bank with regularly balance beams to cross – I bet Dog Shit enjoyed it! Finally we hit the most confusing part of the trail where every trail seemed to go back on itself and paper was nowhere to be found – there were more paths than jungle and nobody knew where they were! Finally we hit the road and found paper again – who knows how much we missed, but we were back on the way home and the On-In was there.
We moved the circle down the road so we could find some food and the circle started with a monologue – not a speech, a monologue! Timed for 7 minutes without interruptions, with interruptions it took somewhat longer. Finally the hare’s were splashed and dutifully punished for their transgressions. Sloppy is one devious guy and today he had plenty of tricks up his sleeves.