Saturday's SH3 runsite; now with added HH3!

As you can see, Saturday's runsite as illustrated by those nice Google people currently  has a kind of rustic not to say riparian feel to it although parking may be a little tricky and a pair of wellies might be the ideal footwear! But maybe the hares will be arranging for the water to be pumped out and for earth-moving equipment to get rid of all those unsightly rocks and trees to give us a nice flat runsite in time for the run, details of which are:
Songkhla Hash House Harriers' run #1990,  Saturday, August 31, 2019, 4:30 p.m.
Hares: Not the Full Shilling and Worm
Misdirections: From The Ko Yo intersection take the old Hatyai road for 4.7k and turn left for 8k then turn right into Poonakan at Wat Keow Kloy for 4.2k and turn right (about 200 meters past the football field) for 210 meters to the runsite on the right. From the bottom end of Poonakan, the turning is 6.8k on the left. Click here for Google Maps pin.
HH3's run this week is being set by Robocop and anonymous friends and the run site seems likely to be that used by WiWi and Eightball for SH3 run 1982, for which, without wishing to tempt fate, the coordinates are:7.068413°N 100.510201°E.  From the Nam Noi traffic lights on the old Hatyai road, turn right (if coming from Songkhla, left from Hatyai) for 550m then turn left and follow the road for about 1.6k to the runsite on the edge of the swamp.

Finally, don't forget that there is a farewell party for Toolbox and Little Tool (a.k.a. Pui and Mark) at Oscars Bar tonight (Friday, August 30th) starting at 7:00 p.m.  Come along and commiserate at the departure from Songkhla of two of the nicest people you are ever likely to meet!

1989

Here is yesterday's SH3 run, 6.9k long run in green-red-green) and 4.7k short run (all green - see below for a relive version) so failing to hit the golden ratio. But everyone seemed to enjoy avoiding the worst (or best depending on your viewpoint) of the hills as the long run never went over 100m with the short run topping out at 60m unless you were the unlucky person who found the single F. The beer stop managed to get almost everyone together apart from Superpig and Hell's Nurse who discovered that it weas not included on the medium run (whatever that was!) But a good turnout for a change with most people doing some kind of run and a raucus circle following at which Lot Ralai got a free renaming to Kam Rai courtesy of being the GM's offspring!

Yesterday's short run ...
https://www.relive.cc/view/gh39468900555

Running by the golden ratio

What do the Pyramids of Giza and Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa have in common with Saturday's SH3 run? Quick answer: They are all designed using the Golden Ratio.

The Golden Ratio is a mathematical ratio of 1.618:1. It is commonly found in nature, and when used in a design, it fosters organic and natural-looking compositions that are aesthetically pleasing. So Saturdays long run will be exactly 1.618 times as long as the short run and the total of the two runs will be exactly 1.618 times as long as the long run alone. And if that isn't enough, there will be a (buy-your-own) beer stop as well! All in the name of setting an aesthetically pleasing run.

Details are:
Songkhla Hash House Harriers' run #1989, Saturday, August 24, 2019, 4:30 p.m.

Hares: Egghead and Harram

Misdirections: From the Ko Yo intersection, take the New Hatyai  road.for 8.5k and turn left for 1.1k, then turn left near the sala with the blue roof - picture below, for 700m to the run site on the right at N7.09490 E100.51858. If you are coming from the Nam Noi traffic lights on the old Yala road (where there will be no hash sign), the turning is 4.4 km and on the right, Oh,  and please try not to knock the old lady off of her bike!

Sunday's HH3 run is close to Na Mom on Route 43. The run site is at 
6°57'20.7"N 100°32'45.2"E or click here for a google maps pin. For oldies who prefer things in English, from the Old Hatyai road take the 4.7k left turn and follow the road past Wat Keow Kloy and Wat Nern Pijit for about 14k until it hits route 43. Turn right and go about 4.3k to the Nam Om traffic lights then go a further 550m and turn left for 200 m to the run site on the left. From Hatyai, take Route 43 left from the Khlong Wa intersection beyond Macro/Central Festival and go 8.5k to the Na Mom traffic lights and do a U turn, then come back 550 meters and turn left for 200m. The hares are Nong Gop and friends.

Same place different time

Wednesday night's full moon run was so successful that we will be doing it all over again on Saturday - same hare, same runsite but this time we should be able to see where we are going!
Details are:
Songkhla Hash House Harriers' run #1988, Saturday August 17, 2019, 4:30 p.m.
Hare: Yardstick
Misdirections: From the Kao Seng intersection take the Old Yala Road for 16.0km (5.3km from the NYR / OYR intersection at Ang Thong) and turn right just before Wat Khun Thong. Proceed for 2.0km along the concrete & bitumen road, then turn left and go 1.2km along the concrete & dirt road to the runsite at N7° 01.922' E100° 38.514'. Click here for Google Maps pin.
For Hatyai visitors go to the big tree in the middle of the road at Ban Sai Khao, then go straight ahead past the big tree for 1.4km and turn right for 1.2km. 
Take care when driving along the narrow concrete road to the runsite, as there are high drop-offs if you run off the concrete.

Hatyai Hash's run on Sunday will be set by Robocop from the football field beyond Wat Nern Pijit at 6.987984°N 100.571556°E. The map for the run site is below. At the old Hatyai road 4.7k turn off turn left for 12.3k and turn right for 1k to the football field on the right.

Full mooning in the age of Aquarius

This month's full moon run will take place on Wednesday 14th August, which falls within the star sign of Aquarius, which, as we all know.... 

"... is the sign of the humanitarian and is represented by a woman carrying a jug of water. The woman symbolizes the healer in us all and the water symbolizes the heavy emotions, the pain, and the suffering of the world."

Ah, yes, well pain and suffering - we all know about that don't we? After HH3's monster on Sunday, culminating for the second week in a row with a beer stop that was out of this world, as in it was so far up a hill that it was almost in the sky! So if you are sore of limb and stiff of joint and in need of some humanitarian aid in the form of Beer Leo, come along and enjoy a kinder gentler experience at the hands of our very own mystical healer, Inchdick.
Details are:
Hatyai Full Moon Hash House Harriers' run # 147, August 14, 2019, 7:00 p.m.
Hare: Inchdick
Misdirections: From the Kao Seng intersection take the Old Yala Road for 16.0km (5.3km from the NYR / OYR intersection at Ang Thong) and turn right just before Wat Khun Thong. Proceed for 2.0km along the concrete & bitumen road, then turn left and go 1.2km along the concrete & dirt road to the runsite at N7° 01.922' E100° 38.514'. Click here for Google Maps pin.
For Hatyai visitors go to the big tree in the middle of the road at Ban Sai Khao, then go straight ahead past the big tree for 1.4km and turn right for 1.2km.
Take care when driving along the narrow concrete road to the runsite, as there are high drop-offs if you run off the concrete.Usual stuff applies. Bring a hand/head light of you intend running and some food if you think you will be hungry (and it is worth repeating that Moo Sahb will still be in Bangkok so the Egg family will not be able to provide food this time round). Beer Leo will be on sale at 40 Baht a can but if you prefer, bring your own beer and share it with your mates.

This weekend's runs

With due apologies ... SH3's run details this weekend are:
Songkhla Hash House Harriers' run #1987, Saturday August 10, 2019, 4:30 p.m.
Hare: Sex Sprinter
Misdirections: From the Kao Seng intersection take the old Yala road for 16k and turn right just before Wat Khun Thong. Follow the road for 1.5k and turn left and follow the track for 300m then turn right for 100m to the runsite at 7.037856, 100.642830 (click here for Google maps pin). From the the Hatyai direction, head east from the Tha Kham intersection for about 6k to the big tree then go straight ahead towards Wat Khun Thong for 2k and turn right for 300m etc. (Map below)

Hatyai Hash's run tomorrow is a special in memory of the late Khun Hlek ("Ironman", picture below) who tragically passed away after suffering breathing problems during a marathon 2 weeks ago. The run fee will be 150 Baht and all the money raised will go towards helping his kids (Blue Dog and Rotweiler). The run will start early so it is suggested to be at the run site which is the football field in Poonakan Road  (7.010244° 100.548180°,map at bottom) before 3:30 p.m. Please try and turn out for this one as he was a lovely guy and his kids, who are both runners at HH3, deserve all the help we can give them.

It's never too late....

Following a late-notified no-show, this week's SH3 details are:
Songkhla Hash House Harriers' run # 1986, Saturday, August 3, 2019, 4:30 p.m.
Hares: Egghead and Harram
Misdirections: From the Ko Yo intersection take the old Hatyai road for 4.7k and turn left for 8k, then turn right (at Wat Keow Kloy, into Poonakan) for 1.2k and turn left for 500m to the runsite at 7.019247° N 100.569005° E. The long run will, as usual, be a dead-hare run but as long as there are some short runners up for the challenge, the short run will be laid live with the hare getting a 10 minute start.

Sunday's HH3 run is being set by Safe-T-Cut, ITUT and Sex Lecture. Map below.

From Wat Keow Kloy, take Poonakan for about 5k and turn left before Wat Tung Ngai then look for the hash sign/run site on the right. From The other end of Poonakan, the turning at Wat Tung Ngai is at about 6k on the right.

And don't forget that tonight (Friday August 2) there is a quiz night at Oscars Bar in Songkhla to which all are welcome, indeed desperately needed to try and prevent another head to head between the team formerly known as the Evil Teachers and the SH3 old-timers, who ground their way to a draw last time around. The quizmaster is Egghead and the quiz should start at 8:00 p.m so please try to be on time.