A surprisingly good turnout, albeit an almost entirely male one, as the female two thirds of SH3 hit the beauty salon, made the effort last Saturday to ensure SH3's continuity in the face of the current round of non-stop partying. The early start fooled Wee Wee, who nevertheless proved to be the only person who did the hare-defined short run (red) - accidentally as it turned out since he arrived at the departure point to find only a short stump of a trail but knew the way home through the village. Meanwhile the real short run had been hijacked by R2D2, who armed with the GPS and the hare's tracks, decided to forge a trail of his own (yellow), followed by Flowerpotman, Leaking Seaman and Underwater Rabbit, our token female for the day, then rejoined the long run about half way round. For his efforts R2D2 was invited to join the haring team on the ice! The long run (green) meanwhile, herded gently by advertised hare, Egghead made short work of the 6k or so, arriving back home in 45 minutes after a massive total ascent of 36 meters and a dizzying maximum height of 45 metes - or maybe it was the other way round; either way it was a very flat run. Gan Yao set the Gan Yao run which avoided the three-legged horse at the 4th F but managed to find the local gambling school who eyed him suspiciously, and also a team of fly-loggers who threatened him with Parangs and a bow saw. Surprisingly he was able to escape by out-running them!
A short intensive burst of beer-swilling followed as the last remnants of R2D2's pack were awaited then a modest circle ensued at which two new or only slightly used runners were welcomed and Sex Sprinter was punished for yet again finding it hard to remain on paper for most of the run. The final rituals were performed and the whole thing wrapped up as intended at 5:00 p.m. Then it was on-on again to the party which seems to have been almost continuously in full swing since October last year as Softy and Temp's wedding was well and truly celebrated.
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