Venue : Bangsar
Hare : David Wilson
Co-Hare : Hugh Murray
Scribe : Hugh Murray
So why is the co-hare writing this run report. The previous weeks hare was not in attendance – opening all Santa’s presents and his excitement at the thought of Santa arriving forgot to get a stand-in.
It’s Christmas Day and as no one volunteered to set a run the Committee decided to move the Joint Masters Run on to Christmas Day and set a late morning run followed by Christmas Run.
Hares managed one full reccee (although it must be admitted it was not a new area) and the hares went out very ill prepared (forgot the parang in the city!) Yes we bashed through some serious secondary jungle behind the reservoir for about 50 minutes only to meet a fence. Not used for the run.
This run took longer to set than normal as a decision was made to set on Friday evening, and following the co-hares good advice that it would not rain, started laying the run using mainly chalk. 15 minutes later it is peeing it down. So adjourn to Chilli’s for beer (it has now stopped raining but no enthusiasm to set any more trail tonight Now after 2.5 hours of setting we have no trail and a few pints of beer each.
Start again at 7:00am on Christmas Day – everybody else is still asleep in my household. As we expect a hot day run is set as a figure of 8 coming back to Bangsar Shopping Centre. No real problems until late in the run drop a check walk round corner to find fresh chalk and hash markings- Royal Lake Club – those who run on Tuesday’s had had an Xmas eve run last night. Go through there run with large number of markings and no checks.
Crowd gathers at a very slow pace for an official 11:30 start – pack away at 11:50. Understand that difficulty was had up on the hill as most people expect to go towards the PM’s old residence, and obvious false trail only 40 yards away deterred people checking further in that direction.
Hares and one or two hangers on have set up shop in Chilli’s to watch the pack close out figure of 8. Dave Settergren even stops by for a pint as he is running.
Majority of pack opt out as hot day at or before the halfway – it is a road run and the majority know where they are. Four people complete the run but nobody fooled by last check (up and over bridge the check back) too close to home I suppose. First runner in 1:25.
As celebration run is not judged.
Circle was held with numerous down downs and ice. Then adjourn for a Christmas Dinner with free flow wine and beer for RM 50 per head. (Surplus from the meal was RM 131 and this will pay for the party poppers etc. on New Years Eve)
From a personal point of view although I generally enjoyed the day, it was not Christmas Day for me, I spent most of the day running around - setting the run, get decorations up, get them down again, make sure things were delivered, cleared up in the evening. What I did not do was sit down open presents with my daughter Megan. That waited until 28 December. In six years time I would recommend that the commitment for Christmas Run should not be with people with families.
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Posted by onsec at January 13, 2005 08:06 PM