Just as we were all beginning to doubt that our twice weekly romp in the hills was such a good idea after Saturday's trip to hell, Hatyai Hash yesterday delivered up the complete antidote to doubt: the perfect hash.
It wasn't just the run; but that was a good start. Sited in the shady grove between Wat Khao Lam and the adjacent football pitch, like Saturday's run it was largely generated from the geekosphere and brought into reality by Only a Yolk/Moo Sahb's man-management skills as she guided Off T and son, Green Tea around Khao Lam, producing a run of such quality that not one negative comment was heard. With the first runners back in almost exactly an hour and at 6.5k, the proportions were perfect and the trails used were a great balance of flat running and hill with the checks working so well that the two fastest runners, Nichaow and Porn Star were effectively sidelined half way through the run by a false trail that left them 5 minutes behind the rest of the FRB's, but still allowed all the runners to come in within a 10 minute bracket.
But like I said, it wasn't just the run. If we are suffering from falling attendances at SH3, HH3 seem suddenly to have hit a purple patch and yesterday it was like Union H3 never happened with so many old friends back together and a few new ones as well. And HH3 is back to being a Thai hash again, with avengance, as out of the 50 or so people who turned out yesterday there were only 4 farangs who could comfortably stay in the background and drink beer as GM Sex Sprinter ran a great circle to end a perfect afternoon's entertainment as the sun set behind the football pitch... etc. etc.
Happy days!
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