The Nam Noi area is a challenge to hares and runners at the best of times, and since the damage caused by the Big Storm of 2010, large parts of it are now totally impassable. Here are the combined tracks of the three recces I did for yesterday's run (click to enlarge). If you want to get yourself banned from SH3 haring for life, just try setting a run anywhere along the right edge of the tracks you see here. Those squiggly little lines don't come close to conveying how truly dreadful this country is now.
Staying further to the west, nearer the bottom of the hill, produced the run shown here. As usual the one last-minute bit of improvisation (the sharp jag to the left) was a mistake. But otherwise it seemed to work OK. You probably wouldn't want to try to set an A-t0-A from the runsite we used, though it's certainly a nice site and deserves a revisit someday.
Stats: 7.5km to the beer stop, then 1.5km more back to the A site. Total ascent was just over 500m. First in to the beer stop in 1:20 was Sex Sprinter, followed by Egghead and Solong. Last in on paper were Khii Leum at about 1:45 and Softcock at just under two hours. Shortcutters were Gan Yao (who arrived back at the site suspiciously quickly -- was a vehicle involved?) and Only a Yolk, who Egghead rushed off to rescue when he realized she had half of his team of dogs with her.
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