A gentle 5k stroll for those who hadn't been able to make the highly successful HH3 outstation run and those who had but wanted more (or were brain-washed into believing that they wanted more) was turned into a more serious examination of our sanity as the rain which had accompanied the drive south and had also partially flooded Hatyai, moved over and stationed itself for the hour and ten minutes of the run above Kao Lam. It continued until just about the moment that a seriously disoriented Gan Yao who had been the instigator/inspiration for the run wandered back from the wrong direction, seconds after the final two runners on paper, Only a Yolk and Knob Goblin had wandered in from the correct direction. Other casualties of the rain included Stick Insect whose glasses got steamed up and Hand Job who aborted the short run just about as far from the run site as she could and took a long-cut home by road, arriving several minutes after the other 4 short runners.
But all-in-all a good turnout, for what should probably go down as an SH3 run although the meager beer sales will probably be carried forward to Wednesday's full moon run. Shame we didn't have a coffee machine on hand as we would have done a roaring trade at the post-run huddle which never quite ascended to the level of a circle.
Wednesday's Full Moon run will take place from the same run site. Details are:
Hatyai Full Moon H3 run #85, March 7th 2012; 7:00 p.m.
Hare: Kai Jeow
Misdirections: From the Ko Yo intersection take the old Hatyai road for 4k and turn left for 6.8k to the run site on the left.
Finally, whilst auto pilot is being dusted off and greased down (or maybe that's dusted up and greased down) for next Saturday's SH3 run, would anyone like to step up and volunteer to set a real human run? I know it's short notice but long notice doesn't seem to be working much better at the moment!
360_5 was the one we had so much trouble with. It was getting very wet and pretty dark too and after many attempts in many nasty directions to find paper we were beginning to consider trying to bail out down the hill. Anyhow, well done -- a Khao Lam classic.
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