Run Mo.137 3rd November 2019

11th Anniversary Run

Scribe: Whiplush

Nov 3, 2019

Hares: Sweetie & Fullerair

The forecast was calling for a rainy afternoon and thankfully, all we had to contend with, other than an endless uphill shiggy trail, was cloudy day!

Several weeks before this hash occurred, it was reported that Japan saw the worst typhoon in possibly 60 years. In this hashers short 8 year experience in Japan, Tokyo & Yokohama are rarely hit hard, but this storm was an exception to say the least. So this is noted and there is somewhat of a “concession” given as far as the trail goes!

Our starting point was Higashi-Zushi and we were informed of 3 T/E splits, and told even the slow hashers should finish in about 1:20. It was also said that the turkey was a boring trail along the road and if you take the eagle, use the ropes. Hummmm, ok! A mere handful of bits of chalk were offered up and with a little goating, mis-management dug out the backpack-buried box of chalk from his cute little car!!! Thank you Sweetie!

Before we were sent on our way, Sweetie refrained from his usual, somewhat long winded explanation of what lies ahead - to our great detriment! The co-hair; Fullerair was unable to join us but did manage to get a few clumps of flour down in the shiggy earlier that day, as reported from the FRB’s who needed and used the chalk that was dug out from under all the backpacks in the car.

The post-storm improvised trail: As is often the case, the awesome, meticulously planed and well thought out trail for this anniversary hash was simply not possible to run due to that storm hitting a few weeks earlier……(at least that’s what the hare told us LOL) We did a bit of familiar road running and headed up a couple tall sets of stairs into the shiggy on the eagle trail, as expected. What was not expected was the 3+ long, undulating kilos along a very torn up path that is still no match for a 4-H hasher! Ropes, trees and branches were used to safely climb up and down, over giant tree trunks, down over exposed roots and rocks onto the leaf covered slick earth. Note to hare: a little more extrapolation on this bit would have been grrreat

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What added to the joy of the barking knees along the remnants of this trail, was the repeated glimpse of roof tops and clearings that surely meant we will soon go down for the last time and get the f**k off this mountain! But noooo…. it was not to be until at least the 5th glimmer of hope. You know when you are a bit perturbed, then that morphs into disbelief to finally settle on complete pissed-offedness? Well, by the time the last 3kms of street meandering dumped us in front of our usual beach spot, Whiplash certainly was p/oed and nearly slugged Sweetie before cooling off in a big glass of wine! Her running mate; Whore With No Name was in much better spirits coming in which only fuelled the “sex on trail” rumour as the pair did arrive together thinking they were DFL! They soon had to relinquish that honour to Tape Worm, who later passed it on to a hearty little virgin who got lost, went home and got her bike and managed to pick up the trail to meet us at the beach just as we were leaving for the ON! ON! A most excellent showing at your first hash!

We enjoyed some delicious nibbles from Roma at the circle made sweeter still by Cliffhanger’s homemade Limoncino, and the excellent company of the best hashers in Japan! The sun dropped and we soon trucked on down the road to another old favourite (or is it?) fish restaurant where most of us took our usual seats and enjoyed the night, until the beer ran out ! ! ! Really? Oh 1 more “Really?” that cannot go without mention…. no anniversary hash shirt! Really? 3 words: Order In Advance