Yesterdays facts and figures: Long run about 7k, roughly split 3.5k before the first beer stop and 3.5 after it which also served as the short run. The first half took about an hour, the second half seemed to take about 30 minutes with another impromptu beer stop on the way. The total ascent was 271m with the maximum height being 170m.
Complaints about the hill were muted and largely confined to Gan Yao, but, damn it, in his 'Captain Velocity ' alter-ego he made it to the top, even if he was the only person to then work out that all that thrashing around up the hill was unnecessary and just cut straight back down to the beer stop.
The AWOL award went to Yardstick who was the last to arrive at the first beer stop having got completely turned round at the 4th check, then missed out the 2nd beer stop after getting completely turned round by the 6th check. Lots of great attempts at redefining Superman's pants: Kee Ling couldn't find red so had to settle for yellow, Ru Man Kap found red but only in a G string and Softcock's had black spots.
At the circle which followed swiftly on the end of the run, Bilbo from the Isle of Wight was welcomed back (he last ran with us on the Great Train Run in 2006) and Justin who had rescued the Hash team from the jaws of defeat in Friday's quiz night was named "Just in? Not yet!". Food ensued; there was lots of it; it was up to the usual Tung Jaeng standard. The remainder of the evening has somehow disappeared in fleeting recollections of ghouls, zombies and vodka flavored red jelly.
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| To stupidity and beyond! |
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| Now you'll believe that a man can fly! |
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| Bilbo and Just in? Not yet! |
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| At last, some people behaving normally! |
One feels one has to protest! .."Complaints about the hill were muted and largely confined to Gan Yao, but, damn it, in his 'Captain Velocity ' alter-ego he made it to the top,...."
ReplyDeleteCaptain Velocity was not complaining about the hill, but about the $@fB who led him up there. Seriously, it was an observation rather than a complaint. I did find it tough getting to the top, but worthwhile, as then I can bitch from authority!
You'll never understand this, when you are built for speed, aerodynamically sculpted to reduce drag, wobble and jelly roll, anything that slows you down is to be avoided.
My training regime for the Rio Oilympics (30 meter dash and egg and spoon relay) has been strictly layed out and wasting time on mere pimples such as that trifling chunk of granite on Saturday just get in the way of this athletes dream, ...now, where was that bottle of Chang?
On On
Captain Velocity
"To Poonakan and beyond, (but only if its not raining or muddy)"