Run 2043, 20 February 2023
Location: Pahonyothin, Sena Nikom, The Farm
Hare: Ladyboy

Ladyboy and his bitch Tinker set this run from an establishment called The Farm, which is located a mere stone’s throw from Thailand’s number one Agricultural University. There were no chickens, pigs, cows, or other farmyard animals here though, but instead there was a herd of Hashers milling around in the car park waiting for the hare’s briefing and keen to get going.

Among the herd were several overseas visitors, welcome folks, and returners Hot Mix and Diarrhoea. GM Georgie rounded everybody up and called on the Hare to give the usual briefing. Ladyboy said the run was about 20 km long, with many false trails and several beer stops. Tinker rousingly motivated everyone to get going by saying he was glad he wasn’t running it, and then off we all stampeded, sort of, out onto Sena Nikom road.

At first the checks were quickly found with mostly back checks in dead end sois At about three km into the run, after running through a local market area infested with motorbikes we reached a major check at a crossroads. Lots of directions to check in and a long time was spent searching here. Good thing was that it brought everyone back together again before it was finally broken by Ibo Ibo after he rechecked a path through a restaurant area. According to Codpiece it was 110m after the check, ibo ibo said 130m. Both ibo ibo and Gringo are front running blind bastards. By way of penance ibo ibo came back to call and mark the trail.

On down another busy road to a check by a bridge over Klong Lad Phrao. Gringo broke this check and we followed the klong path to the first beer stop where a lovely lady was serving the beer and offering her bed room for anyone who felt so inclined to recover in (??) The beer stop brought everyone back together again, and the GM quite rightly admonished anyone who tried to leave before the beer was finished or she had given them permission to (a notable offender was Diarrhoea who as usual had a case of the runs). Back along the klong path after the beer check, and after what amounted to total of about 2.5 Km of klong path running among friendly locals and high fiving kids we finally left it and turned West back towards home.

At one point there was a mark saying on on to the second beer stop, but no one found it. Speculation was that the woman the Hare had paid had scarpered with the loot. By this time it was getting quite dark but the trail was well marked and after about another 2 km of running along roads, through markets, and dodging swarms of motorbikes we finally arrived back at the beer truck. The longest runner had clocked 11.5km which included the very long check. Probably about 9+ km without that.

The usual snacks at the circle were enhanced by Hot Mix’s regular contribution of tasty cheeses from Australia. Thanks mate, from now on are you to be known as Mr Cheesy Dick as suggested by Checkless? After a 15 minute warning the GM called the circle and asked what we all thought of the run which was absolutely fantastic of course. KC was acting RA, thankfully properly attired this week and not scaring anyone with his manly boobs. Gringo and Ibo Ibo were called in for being blind as bats, Lily and City Girl for leaving the beer stop too soon, and awards were duly given to other miscreants. POW eventually went uncontested to Diarrhoea who made the mistake of nominating the RA (silly boy).

Ononon to the restaurant where everyone enjoyed great food and plenty of beer, of course. Our visitors were among the last to leave so they obviously enjoyed it a lot. Ladyboy generously subsidized the bill, and many thanks go to him and Tink for a great time had by all.