Venue : Batang Kali (Ul;u Yam Lama)
Hare : Miss Yeat Me Keo
Co-Hare : doesn’t want to be related to this run.
Scribe : Wolfgang
Start: 16:33 at N 03.27.288 and E 101.37.620
Furthest waypoint of the run: N 03.27.553 and E 101.36.552
Checks: 6 with an average time to break of 1 minute.
Run length: 7.9 km
First runner back: Francis, in 1 hr 23 min = average speed of 5.7 km/hr
Last walker back at 18:58 = 2 hr 25 min = average speed of 3.3 km/hr
You remember the snake bite-run? Where most of us just cut short but a small group of 10 runners had to make a phone call at the last check to the hare, asking him where to go? Yes - this was the “10 weeker” as a punishment.
Now, what is the result? We got a run on the same trail with an add in of a big steep slope. The hare took out interesting checks and left us with mediocre, simple to break checks, which were spreading the pack. The wide trails were excellent for the running pack, mostly meandering through rubber plantations – altogether a runner’s run in a beautiful area.
For the first time, Jimmy’s started the circle at 19:10, a time where we still can look in each other’s face without using a torch. Bomoh Paul then called up a couple of sinners. It seems that I’m a real bad boy as I was called up 3 times.
OnOn at Lucky Light …again…with 6 tables and tasty dishes as usual in this Hash-proven restaurant. The hare was awarded a “T-shirt run”.
The few ones who are still reading this report I may ask: Did the punishment of setting another run in 10 week’s time achieve its target?
I am of the opinion that no hare needs a punishment but praise: It starts a couple of weeks before the date of the run that one scratches the head, where to set the run, where to park, doing 2,3,4 or more reccees, arranging a restaurant and ordering the food. Then on the day getting out early, sticking up signs, walking the trail forward and backward with all the checks and false trails….and and and. To set a run is a job, which every member shall do – a few don’t. Say thank you to every hare that is setting a run.
Well, there can be mishaps that a run is too long or too short or a check is too difficult or the terrain is too wet…..For that purpose we are grading the run. Unfortunately the grading is rather inconsistent: On Downs for good runs and T-shirts for so so runs are the rule. When was the last time a hare got a medal? Long ago! No, not because the runs are bad, but because the judges – perhaps out of personal reasons – do not want to award medals.
Once there is a consistent judgment and a true possibility to achieve a medal or at least a T-shirt, many hares will put all their heart in setting a good run to make it enjoyable. They will be very much motivated.
A punishment will de-motivate. Who suffers at the end? We, and not the hare!