Horny, Horny, Horny… Back to Maerim… It was hot, and I really didn’t feel like running around, so popped open a beer mid afternoon, with no intention of going to the hash. Very last minute decision, I found myself in the car headed towards the runsite. Why oh why? What was I thinking?
We set off and the hare had us climbing steps and jumping off walls in no time. Was this a road run? I got a couple of checks right, and then was behind as we headed towards the river… Was this Skidmark in disguise? The hare was all about his Skiddy Sticks, but surely Skiddy hadn’t set the run? Sure enough we were headed for the Ping River crossing. Chuckie and HRA shook their heads in disbelief and bailed out, leaving the FRBing to myself, Piggy, Scooby and Poo, although to be fair the checks were tricky enough that the pack were kept together quite neatly.
I couldn’t figure out which way we were going to break, but it definitely wasn’t going to be the promised 5km. I start to run out of steam after 4k in this heat, so with Scooby sprinting around like a teenage boy on Soi 6, and Piggy prodding away this was a tough animal to figure out. It weaved one way and then the other, mostly on road, but some excellent checks. I finally got ahead, and of course, completely screwed up. One check had us foxed for quite a while, surely it couldn’t be further to the right? Finally I spotted CW & HRA trying to hide behind a bush, the other side of a rice field. Hmmmmz… I thought I was onto something until I found the fucking canal on the other side of the rice field. Damnit, Horny got me again the wrong side of the fucking dyke.
I was thwarted, I headed back across the rice field towards the road, but taking a different route put me in the middle of a wet paddy that I had to get around. Finally back of the tarmac, I took the shorter route back, ending up weary and some way behind the FRBs. Good job Horny. Shame there was so much concrete, but some stellar checks in there – I love it!