Category Archives: CH4 – Sunday

So what had Alice learnt since last week? Well, importantly his co-hare was more attractive than Screwed Up, so no doubt they had much more fun out on the trail! He’d also found a run site with a shelter – not needed as we had great sunshine! It’s a great runsite I’d only been to once before offering a beautiful view across the Chiang Mai valley, even if the road is somewhat scary.

We set off into the mountains up a gentle hill through the jungle on a good jogging trail. A couple of checks in and everything was going smoothly as we sped past the view over the hill and down into the gully beyond. And then we hit THE circle check. At least 15 minutes of searching before we found trail around 140m away from the check – Dog Shit dutifully got the blame for the screw up – after all he’d set the run in reverse with Alice previously so knew which way we should go!

From there everyone was together, and then everyone was ahead of me after some foolishly reckless checking – so I trundled along with Hollow Legs. We jogged on through to the A, where I was shocked to find nobody but the hares! I hit the beer chest and waited while other walkers like Screwed Up, Belly Dancer and Knock Out cruised in – all praising what a great trail it was.  Alice was starting to wonder what the hell had happened to Chuck Wao, HRA, Mr. Poo etc. Who cares?! It was beer time!

Around 30 minutes later they found their way back having got completely lost somewhere along the way (from what I heard HRA and Chuck Wao were running confidently until Mr Poo came running back towards them at which point they conspired to try and confuse as many other hashers as possible) – And that left Skid Mark who waited until it was dark before jumping out from behind his car! We weren’t overly concerned as he had 2 GPSs – Yes Belly Dancer that’s 2! How many again? Was it 2? Thank-you BD, I guess he has 2 GPSs then. I knew those devices didn’t help at all.

Ignore the complaints, it was a really good run, one of the best we’ve had for a long time – if we screw it up, it’s because we are idiots (and that is surely a pre-requisite for hashing anyway!)

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A good turn out appeared in the rain for Alice’s run. He’d spent all week getting lost, avoiding mischief and scouting with Throbbing Ninja and then set the trail with Screwed Up. There are some great trails around and they did a great job of finding an interesting route. Unfortunately this particular hasher did a great job of f**king it all up!

At the first circle check I found some paper and set off only to find out sometime later that I was following a run from Chilly Pussy some month or so back. Amazingly the paper was still in good shape and it wasn’t the last time I did an extensive detour. When I retraced my steps and rejoined the pack I was the last to climb up a pointless hill, only to come straight back down again – Kwazi did the sensible thing and just strolled down the trail to wait for the runners to come back down not far from where we went up.  Chuck Wao, believing I was up front, set a pace that even HRA couldn’t follow and as the checks were largely predictable he careered in ahead of the pack.  Meanwhile I spent the rest of the run overtaking.

The hare setting trail

The highlight was the water crossing – thigh deep for me and tit deep for S&M girl! With no obvious detour to avoid it, the plan was surely to force Chuckie to get his feet wet – only given the rain his feet were already wet, so he played the game and trundled through it.

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Another Great Run By Frozen Dick! He advertised well in advance, and the verdict at the end was it was probably the best run he’s set – yet! It was familiar ground from the football pitch south on the canal road, and with several visitors the turn out was quite good.  We set off across the road across the gravel pit and headed up the hill.

Jake set off well, running up the hill while everyone else walked, until the first check that foxed him – we carried on up the hill. Great running trails that weren’t too steep so we were able to keep a good pace so the runners were in their element. Byte My Yahoo got a few checks right on the bounce and was away, until he took an extra loop to get back to the trail after one check.

The descent was just as pleasant with some fast trails and a relentless pace at the front. Finally we got back to the road and then the imagination of the trail was lost with a good km or so back on the tarmac back to the A. Chuck Wao and Jake had a race going on at the front and what was left of the pack spread out. As Frozen Dick said, it was a great run!

Location: 6.2 KM down CANAL RD from Samoeng Jct.

A good turn out appeared in the rain for Alice’s run. He’d spent all week getting lost, avoiding mischief and scouting with Throbbing Ninja and then set the trail with Screwed Up. There are some great trails around and they did a great job of finding an interesting route. Unfortunately this particular hasher did a great job of f**king it all up!

At the first circle check I found some paper and set off only to find out sometime later that I was following a run from Chilly Pussy some month or so back. Amazingly the paper was still in good shape and it wasn’t the last time I did an extensive detour. When I retraced my steps and rejoined the pack I was the last to climb up a pointless hill, only to come straight back down again – Kwazi did the sensible thing and just strolled down the trail to wait for the runners to come back down not far from where we went up.  Chuck Wao, believing I was up front, set a pace that even HRA couldn’t follow and as the checks were largely predictable he careered in ahead of the pack.  Meanwhile I spent the rest of the run overtaking.

The highlight was the water crossing – thigh deep for me and tit deep for S&M girl! With no obvious detour to avoid it, the plan was surely to force Chuckie to get his feet wet – only given the rain his feet were already wet, so he played the game and trundled through it.