We met, as usual, at
the Landmark Hotel to share a cab to the runsite. Scribe, Barbie,
Dripper, No No, and returner Geoff Reynolds. Five is an
odd number but we opted to put four in the back seat, with the
scribe navigating in the front. The taxi driver asked our
nationalities and we were all from different places….. Canada, USA,
England, Scotland and Australia…. such is the demographic profile of
Bangkok hashmen.
A traffic accident a
kilometre or so from the destination had the rubber necking
looky-loos out in force slowing traffic to a near standstill.
Eventually we arrived at the parking lot with time to spare.
Lurch arrived in a taxi with a pair of sisters, Anna and Ya Ya,
one for each arm. The pack departed, after GM Canal Rapee
shouted On On, heading up the highway towards the traffic circle.
Normal was spotted parked along the side of the road …. too
early for a water stop. We turned left into the garden paths. The
familiar trail had a few experienced hashers heading off paper where
they knew the trail had to go.
Crossing the road we
headed towards the Bang Kruay police station where we knew the trail
had to go or else the trail would be very short. The Tickler
went way off paper following this logic. Latecomers Pussy Virus
and his friend Tawan caught up with the end of the pack at this
point after the paper was found heading back towards the highway
through Wat Khanoon. The main pack arrived back in only 29 minutes
covering a distance of 4.5 km or less. Some athletes among us went
out for more, doing portions of the trail a second time.
There was plenty of
time to re-hydrate until the circle was called with the usual
suspects, including Love Bug, leaving before the circle. Note
to Jeanine: Ian “Ajarn Khee Mao” Slater has your 100th run
mug. If you ever want to receive it please contact him prior to your
next run, ask him to bring it and plan to stay for the circle.
Bad Boy Bubby was going on and on about Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)
fighting with whomever would listen. Have you ever heard of “Georges
St. Pierre”?…. Do you really care? If you do, see
www.gspmma.tv for further info or
ask BBB, that fountain of MMA knowledge.
There was a fairly
lame field of POTW nominations but eventually the winner proved to
be Ed “Checkless” Checkley, a regular BMH3 runner from the
80’s and early 90’s, for either throwing a party and not inviting
the hash or not having one at all in his Sukhumvit mansion while he
is in town. Spinning Dwarf announced that his run next week
in Talingchan, 5.5km south of the nearby traffic circle, would
provide a full hour of running (in virgin territory for BMH3 to
boot).
We moved over to the
nearby brightly lit cantina where we enjoyed a good inexpensive
meal. Thanks Narest for organizing it all. For whatever
reason, people called it an early night with most departing before
the 9:00 o’clock gun was fired.
