Run 1738

Contrary to the advertising for last Saturday’s run, there was no bull on this run. And, in contrast to Sunday’s HH3 long run there were quite a lot of nice winding trails to RUN along, with only a short section of sliding down muddy slopes, sadly enjoyed by only a small contingent of just 7 long runners. Several, alright three of the normally SH3 long runners, opting for the various connotations of the short and medium runs.

The statistics for the various runs were as follows:

The long run overall length was 8.7kms, but that included the 6 x checks, 2 x check-backs & 10 x false trails, with a total ascent of 292m. The medium long run (in green) was 5.5kms long with a total ascent of 148m. The short run (in blue) was 3.6kms, with a total ascent of just 86m. However most of the short runners did a combination of the short and medium runs, which took them through some rather nice longan orchid country. The short and medium runners returned to the runsite more or less together in about 1 hour, while the more fanatical, gung ho long runners took just over 1 hour 10 minutes to complete the whole run. The small contingent of HH3 runners consisting of Sex Sprinter, Tsunami and Robocop, who managed to lead the way in, but only right at the end. The unfamiliar countryside had the long runners looking for paper in some rather interesting directions.