Setting off an hour before the run was due to start given the directions – for a second day in a row a run on the Outer (Mae) Rim! The Hare(s) or HRA – who never showed up – somewhat understated the distance to the A bucket and after a scenic tour through the Mae Sa valley – finally 2 HHH signs were spotted with all of 2 minutes to spare before the run started. Being a male (traditional) hash our co-GM leaves job #1 (beer) to a woman – Knockout who fails to put any on the bus. En route Poo realises – so the bus has to stop for beer leaving Coming Slowly the task of driving at light speed to make the run – which he does – just!
With no visitors or virgins Poo dispenses with wasted paper and tells us On Out is ‘there’ pointing at some vast mountains which only Square Rooter and me gleefully charge off. A decent turnout for a run so far far away – off we start climbing gently and I nailed the first check and would have nailed the 2nd too if it wasnt for the rabid dogs 10m from the paper – perhaps I should take Kwazi’s advice and terrorise them!
The pack regrouping then started to climb in earnest – for 1.6km! – en route was an elephant and that was about the only living fauna we saw the whole run. Up in the stratosphere Rooter, Skid, Chucky, Humperdick and Sloppy forged ahead on the downhill section and naturally as it was wet and slippery I was even overtaken by Dirty P, Frozen and Hole Plugger. At times like this – I just relax and enjoy the scenary which was for me new and pristine. After the slippery hill descent the trails were good and runable and I caught up with the strollers and Mr Poo was waiting at the final collapsed concrete bridge so he he could enjoy us taking a refreshing foot wash before On In after 3.8km of arduous running/climbing/slipping.
The circle started in rain but we managed to squeeze into a shelter with a huge truck which kept thing intimate – Sups turned up a tad late and decided to skip the running bit. It took a few beers for the circle to come to life and after the dubious ‘food’ and yet more beer things did liven up for an enjoyable circle highlighted by Hole Pugger and Chuck Wow recieveing their 100 run mugs. Well done Knockout … erm, sorry Mr Poo for a good evening out!
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