Category Archives: CSH3 – Saturday

I might be a bit biased about this one, given that I co-hared it, but I think this was probably the best run of the year!  Out in Doi Saket, we found some territory that hasn’t been used in a long time – indeed there was some discussion afterwards whether it was virgin or not.

We weaved the path zig zagging across the flat country, around quarries and lakes, across a little stream about 4 times (specially for Chuck Wao). Apparently the checks were well placed and kept the pack together for most of the run, with Chuck Wao only emerging ahead of Porn Shop at the end to run in alone. Skid Mark, Semen Soars and Dog Shit were too tired to run to the bridge so paddled through a filthy dike to get in.

What gets me is how many beautiful areas there are around Chiang Mai – we are so lucky to get to run through them each week!

Horny Monkey thought he’d found some virgin terrain just out of the city in San Kam Paeng, but in reality Skid Mark has set several runs in this area.  As soon as we saw the run directions, we knew it was going to be a flat one, and indeed it was. A reasonable turn out and we set off down a road towards a village.

Very soon things started going wrong – the trails criss crossed back and forth, round in circles and before long several runners found themselves going the wrong way along the wrong trail.  Some how the hares had managed to set a 7km run within 1 square kilometer radius and it quickly turned into a mess!

Eventually things sorted themselves out and we had a very long straight finish without checks, so naturally Chuck Wao left everyone for dead and opened his legs out. All things considered it was a fun run and a good break from the shiggy mountain runs.

Superman and co-hare Superbitch marked the end of the reign of terror as GM with a memorable run. I showed up at the run site out along the canal road, and found a large group of hashers to assembled to make sure Superman did leave! The run set off and had everyone confused from the first check – and some more excellently placed checks kept the pack together for much of the early part of the run.

When we finally hit the hills, the gaps began to appear with Chuck Wao leading the way and HRA doing a good job of catching up again each time he checked the wrong way!  Superman met the walkers and showed them a short cut allowing them to avoid the 2nd of the main hills – and it worked to bring most people back at the same time. At the 2nd hill, many people found a short cut up the side, pulling the runners closer together again.

The circle was protracted as it was time to get rid of Superman and his team, and bring in the new exec – lets hope that Horny Monkey can lead the way this year to some even more memorable runs.