Minimal effort – excellent hash!
I showed up a bit early, as Huay Tung Thao is close to the kids house, and when I showed up, Square Rooter was sat under a tree supping a Leo. Spotting the opportunity I asked if the run was “kid-friendly” suggesting I might take the little ones out, which he said would be fine. That ruled out the mountain – excellent! 😉
My ribs still hurt, but what the hell I jogged off following None of Your Business down to the familiar trail at the bottom of the hills. Angry Inch, rather than checking at the first circle, did some Red Indian bullshit, sniffing the dirt, listening for the ancient echo of horses, stood up and ran off in the opposite direction. I followed None of Your Business and didn’t see Angry Inch again.
With several checks being straight on, finally we hit the check to the left and across the rice fields. Lucky me, and at the circle in the middle of the fields, it was surely over the little bridge. I’d not seen any powder on the way in, so it had to be into the running track area – turning right into the construction yard would be too far – it was too early to be going left so the obvious choice was the 2nd trail down the hill. 2 more checks and I was on a roll finally shaking Dead Virgin from behind me.
Then there was a great check! Jogging on the usual trail, after 100m there was no powder. Damnit – surely there was no other option at this point? I’ve scouted the shit out of that area, regularly running there, I’m pretty sure I know all the trails. Just then a couple of mountain bikes whizzed past about 20m to my left. Bugger me! There’s a new mountain bike trail, and bugger me again, there’s powder on it! Sweet. On On So Long…