Run 2415 – 14th Oct 2013

Summer Opens with the “Killer Run” as new Standard

No first up has ever won the prestigious “Best Summer Run” award but PAY LING  and VIRGALAN  JACKAMOUS clearly decided to go for it. Given only two weeks notice, MACHETE MOISHE was obliged to join in for the days of trail cutting required to get us down to the lengthy Middle Harbour track.

The favourite Acron Oval routes were abandoned immediately for the virgin unbeaten path but, with only a few strips of loo paper to guide us, even Trailmaster MACHETE M was confused after only three hundred meters into it. All this trouble seemed a waste of time since this special route from the Hare’s only got us to the local roads.

An early highlight of the night was Centrepoint being stuck on the head from behind by a falling tree. SIMMO, realizing that lifting the flattened CP would require more than his scrawny frame, simply passed on his best wishes and stepped over him. As the light began to fade, runners became climbers as we cautiously made our way down Slippery Creek (the waterless waterfall) we had been warned about, avoiding rocks with VS scrawled into their slimy surface. Now, after a little crossing to make sure nobody had dry feet, we climbed up to more local roads where, impressed by the quality of the landscaped hillside homes, GOANNA could sense that he was close to home. Up ahead, gentleman JOCK the SOCK, stayed back to direct us into the deviation to that aforementioned lengthy creekside track meaning that he would finish in darkness at the tail end.

 SCOTSMAN seems to get fitter and faster each week. Living up to his FLYING moniker, he finished this technical Run in the prescribed hour. BENNY was maybe ten minutes behind and he, with the Walkers, were well into their meal when JOCK with MACHETE MOISHE withCOLONEL SANDERS and NAUTALUS finished about five past eight. The difference in finishing times relate to the amount of light (or lack of). The Pres suggested that we do it all again in January when we can actually see the babbling creek and rock pools.      

 A great start last night with expensive, lamb back straps well cooked on the spiffy new Bar-B-Q with enough salad and potatoes for 104 men, women and children plus a tiny pud. Whoever complained that there were no tomatoes in the salad better eat his ‘meat and three veg’ meals at home like KYBER.  

Good to see a few returnees such as MASH, HOARSE WHISPERER AND NUREYEV. The Down-Downs acknowledged all the good work put in by the Hares; two visitors including GRAEME’s friend wearing GRAEME’s hash sweatshirt; and a welcome home to SCUD.

Having re-established the POSH as ‘a singing Hash’, Pres MM led us in a rousing rendition of ‘Delilah’ to commemorate the birthday of Sir Thomas John Woodward, (known by his stage name Tom Jones) –gaawd, the man is older than most of us.

Joke of the night came from the twice-a-year jokester KITTY LITTER.