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27th November – CH4 – Screwed Up

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Post Bunny fatigue somewhat thinned the turnout today – or was it because Screwed Up had hared this run alone and everyone was fearful of what he had in store?! 14km down canal road to usually pleasant terrain for hashing – no fault to SU that this time of the year brings out the nastiest of stickers. Pre-run Toe Jam and Belly Dancer did a brisk trade in whistles and gaiters respectively. With the bus delayed while Junglisious stopped off on errands en route – SU finally got to give a lengthy hare brief.

Off out we headed with Sweet Pea, her virgin cousin Mem and Itchy Bitchy asking me for a nice shortcut. Well I could but try …. with Brown Finger and HRA a bit the worse for wear it was Jungle Chim and Graven Image leading the way …. leading the way? … it seemed that SU had used 80% of the paper making the most enormous circle checks ever seen on a Hash and the remaining 20% of paper had been sparingly laid for the trail. I have to say SU runs are improving and had the checks been a little more conventional and the shaggy less painful – I would have enjoyed this run a lot.

With the FRB’s off in front I was sandwiched between Toe Jam/Tip Toe and the harriettes – unfortunately for me the girls were behind me. With light starting to fade I picked up the pace a lot, thanks to the proximity of Mr Poo’s calling but ran foul of one of SU ingenious V or bar checks – running through the bars normally works and today was no exception and soon I found myself with the FRB’s at a circle check in the middle of no-where. With much checking I finally resorted to the GPS and an obvious gully and fearing the girls might get lost picked up 400 meters worth of paper and laid trail down the gully.

I missed climbing a small evil shaggy infested embankment and ended up trapped at a lake while the FRB’s ran On In a frustrating 6m above me struggling to escape the sticker filled gully. The girls used my trail in and seems that everybody managed to find a way back – with no-one finding the hare’s On In.

Screwed Up took charge and as the beer flowed the entertainment value went up – Junglisious hot underwear was the highlight of the run/circle and she deservedly got the female wings. Sexygenarian Tow Jam was awarded the male wings.

Nice effort Screwed Up!

OnOn – Belly Dancer

27th November – CSH3 – Miss Piggy

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After the Bunny’s blow out 10th Anniversary Run & AGFU the previous day – everybody (except Superman) was hoping for a nice short gentle hang over run. So off out I set encircling the city and ending up in Miss Piggy’s favourite terrian – fortunately it looked very flat. As the hashers began to arrive – it was clear there was going to be a big turnout with Anything’s Iron Pussy’s up from Phuket, Running Bare’s extended family as well as visiting hashers from the US, Japan and Pattaya.

Miss Piggy and Wooly Jumper gave a hare breif whcih as usual I didnt hear as those late arriving bastards money had to be collected but I headed out just as Sups was making his stately arrival. It seemed that Miss Piggy was economical with the paper … then powder and the first couple of checks had us all over the place with the FRB visitors calling from every direction – except the trail! As we got into our stride Toe Sucker’s insight proved helpful as we headed off hardtop onto dirt and farmland. With Knockout and Twice Nightly taking turns inspiring me the pack began to spread out with Poo leading the way … well leading the calling anyway!

Someone said this was a 5km run but my GPS was telling be 4.6km already with no sign of On-In – was Miss Piggy giving us another one of her special ball breakers? The trails were easy on the feet and passing Snail Trail I ran in with Hot Seman Saver from Humpin H3, San Diego dead on 7km.

Horny Monkey led a whopping great circle – with the Iron Pussy’s even rousing from their famous food circle to come in and entertain us with their down down shimmy. HM liberally used the arm to punish the shirtless ones (Running Bare’s daughters) and Superman was dobed in for telling Miss Piggy to make the run longer. Sups annointed Dizzy – Crazy Crack and with much beer consumption and yarn telling the circle came to a close with Skid Mark being awarded the male wings for not making Miss Piggy cry this time and Paper from Phuket being awarded the female wings which just goes to show that drinking and running are a great combination – she’s been at this for > 25 years!

OnOn – Belly Dancer

AWARDS:

Yacker: Square Rooter & Mr Poo
ARM: Sarah/Caitlin/Lauren/Horny Monkey
Flying Dick: Swallow
Tits: Crazy Crack
Turd: Miss Piggy

Male Wings: Skid Mark
Female Wings: Paper

25th November – CBH3 – Anything

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I have to confess I did have a sneak peak at the GPS I lent Anything when she went to lay the paper with Snail Trail on the 8km trail Throbbing Ninja had discovered. Ninja with her bike skills can really find some great trails and this was certainly worthy of the occasion. A huge turn out (>70) found their way from Canal Road then 5km of dirt road (- I would have added that to the run!! – but fortunately I had nothing to do with the haring!!)

My sneak peek meant that I needed to get past the first 2 circle checks and stop the pack crossing the in trail – so with Brown Finger’s blistering pace we managed to get everybody on the right trail out. After a gentle climb the shiggy started to get more and more painful – its about the only complaint anyone could come up with for this run – which the scenery was fabulous and checks plentiful to keep everyone pretty much in touch. At the Wimp/Rambo split the FRB’s had built up a lead with Brown Finger and HRA way ahead – I’m sure BmY would have loved this run as the remainder was gentle down hill even Belly Dancer could run down. Instead I decided to keep birthday girl Bar Bin Doll and Sleep on It company and a leisurely head On In through the nice flat trails in.

With huge quantities of beer and a t-shirt the circle kicked off – with memories and respects paid to Snowflake (RIP) who started the Bunnies 10 years ago. Redundant Seaman in to give insight to some very unknown history of harriette hashing history in Thailand – I for one never new there was a Pattaya (Harriette) Dirt!!

Anything had 10 Iron Pussy’s up from Phuket – I’m not sure if they ran – except Twice Nightly who everybody wanted to keep up with – but they certainly were in fine form on the eating and drinking stakes. Was good to see former Bunny GM’s – Pissed Pole Dancer ( now living in Pattaya), Geisha Gash, Wooly Jumper all entertaining us.

With the sun setting and the beer running out after a very enjoyable run and circle – Brown Finger was given the Wings – then Anything passed on the GM’s regalia to Swallow and crowned her as the new Bunny GM. With that the circle closed and the mountains of food were devoured.

OnOn to the Bunnies – thanks for a great day out and here’s to the next 10 years.

Belly Dancer

21st November – CH3 – Square Rooter

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Square Rooter setting the run? Perhaps I could arrange a late afternoon meeting… No? Well, I guess I could give him another chance – Huay Tung Thao? There are some worrying hills around there, surely this would be different! We turned right at the entrance – promising, the East of the lake gives us at least 500m/1km of flat before we can hit the hills – oh how wrong I was as the A site loomed right at the base of the mountain. Ominous.

Well, too late to turn back now, lets see what he’s got in store. The hare brief wasn’t really a hare brief, it was more of a hare warning, with SR doing his best to talk us out of setting off. He suggested that everyone should turn back at the first available moment, and if you had a flashlight you should take it. He would even set off backwards to make sure we all made it – if the hare knows it’s deadly, perhaps we should just start drinking instead?

I set off conservatively, feeling the run from yesterday in my legs, and watched Belly Dancer head straight up the closest steep hill at the first check. Nope, the hare was more devious than that and we set off on a pleasant trail that seemed more down than up… I remarked to Brown Finger that perhaps SR was double crossing us – I’d not seen him that frantic about how bad the run was before, and you never know, maybe he’d set a good run! Foot in mouth, spoke too soon… – the trail headed up, and up, and up, and up…. The FRBs took off chasing Brown Finger who was getting every check right and sprinting up the hill, I cruised along with Turkish Delight (who was suffering from Turret’s syndrome). Near the top of one of the many hills we met Sloppy Rod who was trying to persuade us to turn back – when we didn’t he spent the next half hour or so telling us how we should be preparing to spend the night out in the jungle. “I scouted this with SR, we spent 4 hours with water, no way we will finish, he’s insane, we aren’t even half way up yet, do you have a flash light, we should go back, do you have a phone, this is a bad idea…”

I pushed on, trying to get away from SR’s negativity and TD’s abuse, unfortunately taking a fall that means my ribs are still hurting. We emerged from the jungle and found the beaming hare who’d dragged Superman back up the trail. It turned out there was a 2.5km On-In straight down a long trail, which would have been wonderfully runable had my ribs not been jarring every step. It seems like the FRBs enjoyed the run, so I guess I just need to get fitter! At least the circle was good, although Chang Beer should be banned, especially for use as Splash Beer – surely Leo is cheaper and at least drinkable!

(p.s. Sometimes SR refers to Square Rooter, and sometimes to Sloppy Rod, the reader can figure it out)

20th November – CH4 – Anything

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It seems like I am writing a review to a Belly Dancer run almost every week – it’s about time someone gave him a rest from the hareline – or do I mean gives us a rest! Oh, no hang on a minute this was Anything’s run, he was only carrying paper? Hmmmm…. Either way once we’d followed HRA’s cryptic directions to the train station (wtf?) a good turn out was present for the hare brief – given by Belly Dancer, slightly ominously! He cautioned us that S&M Girl had moved the A site and added a km to the run – this was getting more confusing – who was the hare? and why does Belly Dancer need to add any km to his runs???

Anyway, we set off along the railway with myself and Brown Finger stretching our legs early – around 1.5km along the tracks we crossed over and thanks to a V check we came back the other side of the tracks allowing every other hasher to simply cross the tracks and short cut. Into a little side alley and we were squeezing past bamboo huts jumping over piles of empty lao khao and sleeping drunks through one of Chiang Mai’s forgotten quarters.

To their credit the hares had found just about the only greenery within a hash run radius of the train station, and they proceeded to take us through it, and then back to the train tracks. There was a theme here, and running along the tracks it felt like I was in a Western movie or something. Even Graven Image muttered “this is fun!”, although I couldn’t tell if he was being sarcastic… We cut through a slimy stinkhole and were confused briefly at a field, before it was back into the city streets.

Yay – now you can’t hear anyone calling On-On over the motorbikes, dogs and urban traffic. The cunning hares had thought of everything though, and promptly didn’t put any checks for around 3km so fortunately we didn’t need to be able to hear! Over the river and then we got to a random footbridge “Belly Hill” – aha! Now we know the true hare! Then the feeling of deja vu set in – chalk markings on the walls which looked like LBII had been converted into CH4 – at least it was daylight this time!

After crossing back over the footbridge, my body rebelled telling me just how much further we had to go, and so I conservatively jog/ran back with Greasy and Skidmark heading off after the FRBs. How much more tarmac could it be? A bit over 9km in total, my legs will be feeling it tomorrow… The circle was long – on one of the station platforms so we were drowned out by the station tannoy, passing cars, and the girls gossiping. Good food on at Greasy and Olive Oils, but I had to retire early and rest up for the week ahead – a Square Rooter run tomorrow? Not sure if my body will survive.

A different run – there were no hills in range from the train station, so the hares made up for it in length (9.35km) with a lot of it on the road. Different is good – right? Interesting…? Not sure I’d want an urban run every week, and not sure we’d get virgins returning, but there was plenty of time for the beer to get cold while we were running and the exercise was good!

#1050 – 19th November – CSH3 – Horny Monkey

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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!

15th November – CUMH3 – Skid Mark

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My legs were like lead weights, but nonetheless I dragged my ass out to the run site south on 106 towards Lamphun. The first sign was a little hard to spot, but within moments I was at the run site – Belly Dancer already prancing around eagerly, Dogshit midway through another story about the Philippines and Skid Mark with his schadenfreudic (?) glee knowing what he had in store. Superman stumbled around the corner from his factory and Humpaday showed up on the back of someone’s bike. It seems we had no problems finding it, but where was the songthaew?

Screw them! At least we could kick the checks out and help them to catch us up if and when they arrived – so we set off with Belly Dancer in his usual early sprint. With only 5 of us the checks were tough and too often we had to wait for Superman’s experience to lead us on. I’ve not run along with Sups much before, but he’s shrewd and demonstrated that I was getting no benefit from running around like an idiot as I could just follow him instead!

Skiddy had set his usual fare of stickers, balance beams, narrow trails and water crossings. I danced my way over one branch 4 times as I took on the brunt of the checking each circle. For some reason when we were finally rescued by Skiddy my GPS recorded twice as far as Belly’s did! So much for checking huh? Or maybe that’s why his runs are twice as long as anyone else!

Dogshit and I ignored Skiddy’s fearful words and we carried on along the trail, choosing the unmarked wimp trail to take us back (powered by Frozen Dick’s GPS). As we got back it was starting to get dark and the Songthaew boys were darting around looking for the On-In. Full of energy they were also full of stories! I’m shocked how anyone could make up so many different versions of the same story about simply sitting in a Songthaew for 2 hours!! Nonetheless that was the way the circle headed, and eventually we escaped to a fine German restaurant for meat (and salad). What we did of the run was fun, it was frustrating not to get further into it, but that is all Mr. Poo’s fault!

13th November – CH4 – Bend Over

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With weary legs I set out towards the run site fielding calls to let everyone else know where it was going to be! – It’s on the website, but HRA had been tied up all day by Cumalot so didn’t get around to sending out an SMS. Anyway, a group of us found the A site and with Chuck Wao on route we set off.

Myself and Human Excrement (love the name!) charged off down the road past where the trail headed off to the left and had to be called back up the hill. At the first check HRA was marshalling the troops instructing us on where to check – he’s out of practice at this hashing business. Fortunately he sent me the right way only to promptly get the next check wrong. Chuck Wao caught up with us and he and Brown Finger led the way up a steep, steep bank until they got to a circle check and BF drove them both further and further up a steep hill in the wrong direction.

It was a beautiful area and we gently jogged our way through some tree plantations before finally descending down the road. At the final check BF checked a long way across a ridge between two lakes in completely the wrong direction and that was the last we saw of him as Mr. Poo nailed it. Bend Over’s kids were sprinting here, there and everywhere, not sure how many short cuts they found, but they kept appearing up ahead.

Back in the circle and after suitable punishments had been given out we retired to the Fondcome Hotel for a good feed. A pleasant, well organised, evening by Bend Over! On-On!

12th November – LBH3 – Square Rooter & Belly Dancer

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Today I forwent the usual Saturday hash to join the Lanna Bush Hash for their 2nd run – billed as being longer and tougher than usual hashes, for real men! When I got up, I wasn’t feeling particularly good, still feeling the effects of the previous weekend and Thursday evening, but I’d already paid my money and as the time grew closer I dragged myself out to head to the earlier than usual start time. It was supposed to be a bus only run – for ‘camaraderie’ – but after sitting in traffic for nearly an hour trying to get to the pick up in town I turned back – the roads were a nightmare from flooded Bangkokians to Loi Krathong holidayers. Fortunately I got the heads up on the run location, and got there in 17 minutes from home arriving before the buses! – I’ll take convenience over camaraderie any day!

The hare brief included a photo op, but we were off by 2:30 and set off along a familiar trail at the back of Doi Kham. After a few hundred metres the running stopped and the trail headed up. I’ve been ‘running’ there a few times, so it took a while to dial into what the hares had in store, but quickly I picked up that at every option the choice was ‘up’ – that shouldn’t have been a surprise when combining Square Rooter and Belly Dancer! Square Rooter had let it slip that he and Toe Sucker had walked the trail in the morning (not laying trail) and it had taken them 4:30 hours walking! Jungle Chim and I realised that we were only able to walk too, so would it take us 4:30? Was Belly going to lose us in the dark again? Was this the Lanna Bush Hiking Club? As a hike, it would have been great, but there were scarce side trails, and so few chances for checks to bring us back together, and if I wanted to go hiking, I’d join a hiking club!

The sounds of the FRBs grew fainter as we found more and more hill to climb. I’m not fond of uphill and by the time things leveled off my legs were already aching and in no shape for a descent. Perhaps the hares knew this, so they found yet more hill to go up and the pain continued. I was carrying water, but we’d been promised a water stop at 5km – 5km is a lot shorter if you don’t include the ascent. I slipped into the dreaded no-mans land – FRBs scrambling on ahead and walkers somewhere behind and the hills grew quiet. I just don’t enjoy this kind of ‘run’ at all.

Eventually we turned left, and that answered the one nagging question – were we going to arc over to the Ag. Center or back down towards the cars – it was to the left and we’d end up somewhere near where we started from. Finally the drinks stop appeared and we started descending. No way I could run, it was too steep and my legs were too tired. Humperdick and Mahol walked passed me as I limped along feeling every small stone as a stab to my blisters. What would Superman do? We’d been warned of certain death if we tried to short cut, but I knew the lay of these hills a bit, and took a gamble – it paid off – rather than climbing yet another hill, I took a trail down that leveled out around the hill and met up with Jungle Chim as he came off the last sick summit.

My first short cut! It paid off a bit, but even then I couldn’t keep pace with the FRBs, but at least I could hear them again growing fainter in the distance. It seemed like they did an extra loop and came back to the waterfall I was descending and I stumbled upon Nam Ron after paddling through the water – and I think I missed Square Rooter at this point as he was already out looking for survivors. Nam Ron and I walked along the trail for a bit, but I was just looking for the shortest route off the mountain, so I left him to follow trail and took the short cut down. Fortunately I walked into my car and the other vehicles that had been moved from the A site to the circle location – unlike Graven Image who ended up hiking miles further to town after following his GPS to the original A site.

Knackered! Lanna runs are double a normal hash run (in Chiang Mai) and unfortunately this was double the kind of run I don’t enjoy – there wasn’t much opportunity to run until my legs were too tired to take advantage. From the grumblings I heard on trail, I don’t think I was alone in that assessment, but finally we were back and beers were flowing. A long circle, but as it got colder the hares cunningly gave us more t-shirts to warm up with! Princess Tinkerbell talked about something for quite a while (2 PhiPhi island visits!) and then there was a meeting, before some fireworks were lit and eventually we headed back to town.

Excellent food at Euro Diner, and then yet another circle in the carpark behind. The 2nd circle was too much for several who bailed out and headed home. Finally I’m home, tired! Of course I appreciate the efforts (and logistics!) that go into making a (special) run like that happen, but my body wasn’t in shape to enjoy it, and dam it – I hate hills like that! I’ll have to see if the next Lanna Hike / Run is set on a flat open plain…

10th November – CSH3 – Belly’s Loi Kateoy Run

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I woke up this morning feeling like I’d done another 50k run yesterday – and it was supposed to be a Loi Kateoy Bar Crawl! When I finally crawled my way through the traffic and found somewhere to park somewhat near to the Hash Pub, there was already a reasonably sized group getting into the spirit of it with even Chuck Wao posing for the cameras in his bright red wig – it seems it’s ok for him to have his photo taken as a woman, but not as a man – interesting! Something we don’t know?

With a little delay we were ushered outside and told it would be a live hare run with checks etc. I hadn’t done one of these before so had no idea what to expect, but I thought we’d just be doing a bit of a bar crawl? But I’ve learnt with Belly Dancer you have to expect the unexpected and prepare for the worst. And so it was – a strange crowd of cross dressers swarmed out of the hash pub chasing a strange man in pink down to the river whooping and squealing. The first check – outside Pantip Plaza immediately scattered us, but the psychotic hare was taking us towards the river and the crowds of Loi Kratong celebrators.

Over the iron bridge we went like a scene from Monty Python with bemused onlookers taking photos. Bone Hur was the leader eagerly chatting up policemen – asking them where he could find more Katoeys. Brown Finger found some powder and we headed along the river to the Nawarat Bridge. The bridge was crowded and we ran out of trail. Apparently there was a check there somewhere, but nobody saw it. Finally we found the hare supping a beer in his pink Bunny T-shirt in Riverside. Riverside? Seriously? One of the most crowded, upmarket, sophisticated(?) and expensive bars in Chiang Mai! And here we were the center of attention dressed as women. The night could only get better – or could it???

The hare was off again and we gave him his 5 minutes before inside information took us straight through the crowds over Nawarat Bridge. I don’t like crowds at the best of times – perhaps that’s why hashing appeals normally – but dressed in drag it was awkward squeezing through the throng. Straight up Thapae Road things started to clear up and soon we turned right onto the backward street and ducked into back alleys working our way back to the moat and Riva bar. I thought this was going to be a short bar crawl, but this was turning into a real run – no time to get drunk we were too busy running (in sandals).

The third leg was the best – 300m or so straight up to EuroDiner with the 4th leg a loop back around to Next Place. Of course we had to head to Loi Kroh road and there was a quick extra stop at Fish Bar before ending up back at the Hash Pub. Finally I could get out of my dress! A circle? It was nearly midnight, so thankfully it was a brief affair – no idea what anything was about, but I got a T-shirt!

I should have headed home at that point, but Belly had promised us a taster for Saturday’s Lanna Run 00:11, 11/11/11. An all male run, so I figured we’d be heading around the corner to the closest male oriented bar. I never imagined a 3km+ hash run, complete with checks, through the darkness in the early hours of the morning. Local residents must have really appreciated random drunks shouting “On-On” outside their bedroom windows in the small hours! Graven Image was still in his dress trailing behind us moaning, grumbling and groaning. Finally we crawled our way into Greasy’s restaurant. We’d had plenty of time to sober up, so the beer was welcome, but it was cold and late and I had work the next day. No logistics.
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