After Poo failed to perform, KO traded him in for a younger model, and took the colombian to carry white powder through the Thai jungle near Mae Taeng. It was outstation time again, and a long messy weekend, particularly those who went to the CH4 starting Thursday. I set off on Friday, and got to a familiar resort – same as where Skiddy set a few years back. The resort was just as rustic as before – this time I brought a thick blanket to keep warm at night, but had to endure the cold shower and hard bed, while Pamela was less fortunate and went straight through his rotting balcony.
I got there after work on Friday, with just enough time to go out and do the CH4 run. It was very nice, although clearly screwed up in places. The first thing I found was the OnIn, and then followed trail backwards, before getting it right forwards again. Either way, it worked up a thirst, and we spent a long time on Friday drinking around the fire. A long, long time, so Saturday was a wash out for me, and I really wasn’t feeling too good when it came time to run. The hangover worked its way off in waves through the run.
The first bit was easy – just out to the entrance where most of us had seen trail already. At the road, I promptly got it wrong and was then chasing a large pack of fit runners. Chasing and chasing. The pace was not at all shabby over great running trails, and the checks slowly brought me back into the FRB pack. We got to one circle, and HRA and I spotted a little trail back from the circle to the right, it smelt good, and sure enough I was up front with HRA. Another circle close to a lake. HRA went to the left around the lake, while I carried on down the road (I had heard the hares talking about road, and worrying there might be too much. There wasn’t much, but bizarrely it took me a while to find the powder. But at last I was free! Running at the front! I rounded a corner, crossed a little bridge, only to see a FUCKING FT!!!
Damnit! I was back to chasing the pack, and this time I never recovered. When we hit the closing trails from Thursday’s run, I think most knew where they were and sped back to the beer. Excellent run, in a really nice area.