“Swallow”, aka Square Rooter, set the run from the reservoir at the 700 year stadium, so with the mountain looming behind, we all expected a typical Square Rooter – an evil climb straight up and down… But, for whatever reason, Swallow managed to keep Square Rooter under control and together they set a pleasant, fun run.
The trail set off flat with some good checks scattering the pack, but sticking with the trail so there was no shiggy to deal with. It was the usual suspects at the front with Byte My Yahoo, His Royal Anus, Horny Monkey and Marcus taking turns. Horny Monkey couldn’t get anything right, while BMY and HRA couldn’t stop finding the paper. The hare teased us with a little bit of uphill, only to go straight back down again and follow the trail along the edge of the water. The On-In indicated we should swim for it across the lake, but nobody fell for that – leaving the usual long finish across the dam wall and around to the cars. It’s punishing, but wasn’t far enough for HRA to chase down BMY & Marcus.
Mr. Poo walked around, arm in sling, recovering from his op – don’t tell his work as he’s on sick leave for 2 weeks! The circle turned briefly into a doctor’s surgery with hashers comparing bee, wasp & hornet stings.