Venue: Taman Agroteknologi, Hulu Langat
Hare: Chan Sze Sze
Co-Hare(s): Pacemaker and Eurodong
Scribe: Jothi Rama
Four p.m. at the runsite - and everybody was there already - all eager to lose the extras they'd put on over the X'mas & New Year, I guess! Also the new year seems to promise better things to come ...
Whisperings could be heard - either the hare, actually the co-hare Jerry French, would screw up the run again (his last run here in July was just half an hour long!) or he'd set an extra long one to prove everyone wrong about his capabilities.
JM Dave Wilson called on-on promptly at 4.30 and an enthusiastic crowd of about 60 set off down the steep slope towards the stream only to come to the first check within a short while. The check was broken back up the hill, across the tarmac, on the hill slope. Once we'd got over the unending climb, clear tracks surprisingly awaited us on the other side. Beautiful undulating country (with a couple of steep hills) in kind weather proved simply exhilarating! The only problem was that Jerry did not make much of an attempt but followed Thursday KL Harriettes' trail, almost paper for paper, all the way through. Some front runners muttered that his checks had been a bit confusing too.
There were about 6 checks in all, with the run going in an anti-clockwise direction. Total length of the run was 7km with the last 2km on the tarmac road! First runner was in in 1hr 20mins. Run would probably be adjudged a down-down for lack of variation from Thursday's...
On-On!
The Circle (directed by JM Dave):
Dave ran the circle starting with a down-down for co-hare Jerry French for having set not only the shortest run last year, but also the shortest run this year!
Next, as many people were questioning Dave about New Year resolutions, he decided to ask a few die-hards to help him decide what to revolt against in 2010, about their New Year Revolutions! Jimmy Castro Legget, Robin Che Guevara Cox along with Bob Trotsky Morgenthaler, Paul Cromwell Smith, Graham Stalin Woods, Jerry Robespierre French and Tommy Mao Chin were asked on what they would revolt against. Graham replied: Against the English; Robin: Restaurants that don't sell large Tiger beers; etc., etc. (Dave's memory fails him ...)
Jerry was on-downed again for saying that it was easy to set the run as all he had to do was follow Thursday KL Harriettes' trail, and not only that, he actually set the last two km. on the road from his car! No wonder the hare got only a down-down instead of a T-shirt for the run, Jerry!
On-On was at the Beer Garden Restaurant in Hulu Langat. There were 6 tables in all. It seems there were some problems regarding some hashers reserving seats for friends yet to arrive, meaning that other fellow hashers were left out - not a practice we want to see repeated often...