#6 Döner Run – Rehashed

Döner Kebab – 158 Yugu Road (???158? )
(Near the post office / western union)

Hares: bottomfeeder and born-again Pelagic

Runners: Pushup, Phonebox, Acronymph, Ross, Big Bang Theory

Token Stroller: Little Drunken Apple

Guest appearance: Doggie style (I suspect he was here only to get a kebab takeaway?)

4.30pm at Doner Kebab. Pack of 5 runners melting in 39degree heat. The run took us through a tour of the Zheda campus grounds up an endless flight of steps. Not that it helped very much but we tried to introduce some variety to the 750-steps up to the top by weaving in and out of the dirt tracks. Pack reached the top of the peak whereupon we briefly enjoyed some lovely views of the east toward the lake, and a rather smoggy view of west HZ.

The trail continued westward along the ridge and it was a relatively flat stretch for us to catch our breath. The hares set another false trail (perhaps not entirely on purpose) leading up to the entrance of the Botanic gardens, whereupon we had to head back and go down a dirt track.

Phonebox displayed enthusiasm and energy as she bounded up and down the hill trails, and even took a tumble on a rather slippery slope but emerged unscathed. She wondered out aloud to yours truly if we would, one day chance upon dead bodies abandoned by wanton murderers while on hash runs. Never knew Phonebox was the morbid sort but then again we are thrashing around tombstones every weekend anyway…

The pack descended quickly into the botanic gardens whereupon Pushup then took an unusual interest in the materials used in the construction of a certain pavilion. It is likely to be an occupational hazard for furniture guys to inspect random wooden structures and attempt to date (as in “age