With the GM back, he was determined to set his mark with the worst run of the year – the lazy hare chose a terrible location wedged between the zoo and CMU – convenient for him, but unpleasant to drive to with the extra Bangkok traffic. Nonetheless with moments to spare the songthaew arrived and he started a somewhat convoluted hare brief – we’d have circles, Vs, skiddy sticks, a booby check and a ‘4’ check.
Finally we could get started, with most expecting the usual climb up the waterfall. Mr. Poo had set a run here a couple of weeks back – and that was a tough climb that started off with a strange loop through the fitness park. It felt like deja vu as we set off, but I had spotted some powder as I drove in, so was fairly confident we weren’t going to be climbing too much. Through the fitness park we got to the booby check at the far end. Begrudgingly we waited for Anything to jog up with Knock Out and S&M Girl following behind – on the plus side we didn’t have to wait long, on the downside we didn’t actually get to check any boobies.
Off down the road past the entrance to CMU and HRA was keen to get racing. He spotted some skiddy sticks, but we didn’t stop continuing looking for powder down past some shops. Everyone was back together as we trudged back to the entrance to CMU and Stumbling Dyke was historically leading the way, for a few milliseconds until order was restored. As we ran through the university in search of the women’s dorms, pretty much everyone stayed together trying to spot powder.
We arced to the right and soon hit the wall from the zoo. HRA didn’t want to wait at the ‘4’ stop, so there was a quick breakaway there with Mr. Poo and a virgin joining HRA with a sprint up a steep little mound. Graven Image and I reached the peak as the FRBs spotted the evil skiddy sticks and turned back. It wasn’t far from here, but still everyone was in a big group – Square Rooter following Graven along a short jungle trail (we were briefly off tarmac). Total distance about 3.5km and we were back at the truck for the circle.
My suspicion was that Horny Monkey had been drinking while setting the run, and it seemed I was right as he struggled to get the circle moving. Forgetting to splash the hares, forgetting to drink his splash beer… He must be out of practice! On-On!