Run #41 – The Magical Mystery Tour

Sunday 23rd of March
Hare: Hentai
Start Time: 16:00 (at the location)

It is STRONGLY suggested that runners meet in the city and travel together. Meet 15:00 at the junction of Kaiyuan Lu and Yan’an Lu outside of Carrefour (家

2008-03-20 0

Run #40 – Another Time Warp Run

Another late update for posterity only.

Last Sunday the 16th we ran from 7Club.

2008-03-20 0

Run #39 – The Follow Up Run

Sunday 9th March – 16.00 – Hares Skidmarks and Sevenup – Venue to be advised.

2008-03-05 0

Run #38 – All Roads Lead to Rome

Run #38 March 2^nd –

Roman Square – Nanshan Rd – Hares Skidmarks and SevenUp There’s no other question of concern as much as whether Hangzhou hash will survive given the punishment inflicted on it’s membership by nocturnal activities other than running. Your scribe only stepped forth into the fresh air at 15.00 hours on Sunday after a period of introspection brought on by the end results of a default Friday night and then Doggie Style’s teppanyaki extravaganza on Saturday followed by a return to the Shamrock. This was all a little hard to explain to the LA based Chinese speaking ABC who accosted me for directions in Pinghai Rd and with whom I ended up breakfasting before the run. At about 15.45 I received a call from who I thought was Miki asking for directions to Roman Square. This inquiry was flick-passed to the hares who then rang a perplexed Miki who was not the inquirer. So started a confused discussion with Nicky from the Qingdao Hash who must have really wondered how low mismanagement could go. Well, Roman Square turns out to be a concrete re-creation of the forum, although it’s doubtful any senator of the day would feel at home there. Nicky, in the company of Renard, Lerry and Coco joined the returned Pelagic and Bottomfeeder, Karolina, Aaron, Phone Box, Battery Operated and scribe Pushup. On on; the trail initially lulled the pack into a gentle trot as it wound around the various lakeside garden paths. The arrows were ingeniously placed so to be hard to find, but the advantages of a larger pack and some energetic front runners meant that the pack remained on trail up to that stunning 3 way check at the gates to the Wansongling Academy. Well hares, it was effective, because by the time the correct trail had been located by Bottom Feeder in a completely different direction to any of the arrows there was plenty of time for the back markers to re-join. Then it was the steps, and then more steps and then more steps to the top of Fenghuang Hill, then some 1000 year old Chinese verse, then more steps, and then more steps, after which there was more steps. There were steep steps, then not so steep steps, then really flat steps followed by 10 metre steps, soon to be followed by rather steep steps. Along the way, there a couple of Kodak spots (note that the power of Kodak’s brand does not translate into meaningful camera sales) where the pack happily regrouped. Another regroup was found at the mini temple at the saddle after the big root. Down still more steps was a prayer halt, where some of the pack prayed for a directional change, because as Pelagic pointed out, home was 180 degrees the other way. But, it all turned out OK, because those clever hares ran the trail back under the hill through a shortish tunnel, and about a 3km run in, with the pack arriving across the space of about 5 minutes. RA Bottom Feeder was back in his element with an inspiring message to sinners all, and there plenty to choose from. Hash infractions included using incorrect names, surreptitious assignations etc etc. Skidmarks suggested the classy looking restaurant across the road amid consternation as to the posh and expensive look of the place. The pack certainly looked a bit out of place in that grossly (there you go BO, appropriate use of the word) over decorated room (for the hash that is). Doggie Style and Acronymph mixed up their priorities once again and ended up at the Maya rather than joining the running department, but otherwise there was a full turn out and the bill of RMB25 was not too bad, although it was a beer free meal. The post On on was a fairly dry affair with only Aaron and Bottom Feeder making it to the Maya to join the recalcitrant there, others, without the reserves of health required, wilted and wimped. Well, the trail was well thought out, and well executed in some great country close to town, what more would one ask?

2008-03-03 0

#37 – Oh no! Another PhoneNymph Run!

Sunday 24th February @ 15:00

Hares Acronymph and Phone Box

Liuhe Pagoda, (Six harmony Pagoda on Zhijiang Rd, alongside the Qiantang River) – Take K4, K808, K280, K519, K504, Y5, 308, K291 buses. The Y5 goes down Shuguang Rd and then Nanshan Rd, so that’s easy to catch.

2008-02-22 0

#36 – Back To The Hills

Sunday 17th of February @ 15:00 – Hare DoggieStyle

Longjing Mountain Park / 龙井山园 / Lóngj

2008-02-15 0

Chinese New Year Running

Sunday 3rd February 16.00 & Sunday 10th February

For the next 2 weeks of the Chinese New Year break, it’ll be a default run from the Maya at 16.00, rather than the usual 15.00 (never start at 15.00 anyway). There will be no hare, rather it will be a consensus run either lakeside or over the mountain. Otherwise the format will be the same.

2008-02-02 0

#34 Paradise City – rehashed

Hares – Bottom Feeder and Pelagic
Hashers – Pushup(bra), Phone(sex)box, Sevenup

The following is a true record of the events as recorded by Sevenup the scribe for this week’s most simple run in HZH3’s history. Man, where should I start? I thought this was going to be easy, but I am not sure I’ll be able to truly convey this Sunday’s sequence of events. Let’s get right to it.

It was a frigid winter afternoon, the rain-drops fell down from a murky sky covering the wintery landscape. The attendance was low, only three hard-core lunatics gathered at Paradise to do some running in sub-human temperature. The pack was off and headed straight to Hubin Lu.

Down the street we run, it was an amazing feeling to be able to view the winter-westlake and run at the same time during the daytime. The trees have already prepared for the wretched winter months: branches were stark bare, their leaves stripped off in the fall; their beauty gone. Cars rushed by in a sea of endless white swirls of cold moisture, eager to arrive at any place warmer, and the cold reached to the bone and chilled throughout the body.

We warmed up rapidly, running along Hubin Road, Baidi, Sudi, Nanshan Road and then back to Paradise, very simple trail, not a single check fooled us on the way, but still it was a long way, though we always had breath to talk about various subjects on the way, especially Pushupbra kept telling us about last week’s Meijiawu gorgeous running and the breast grasping fantasy during the driver licence test(haha).

Passerbys were all busy holding onto their woollen scarfs, though it mattered little for the rain brought the cold, and the cold finally reached to the very marrow of everybody. When facing those three lunatics, either they just give you a strange look, or would say something like “look at those stupid foreigners, what they are thinking?” (Kindly warning to Chinese hashers: whenever you behave crazy, I mean not so Chinese style, stay with foreigners, haha), and of course we also got numerous encouragements at the same time.

As we hit the end of the trail, we were all soaked, shirts sticking onto your body, feet swimming inside shoes, hands extremely cold, only heart was still warm. And that’s the end of today’s hash, no circle, and of course no down-downs either, sitting down at paradise for some rest, and took cabs to Indian Kitchen for dinner.

By the way, it’s my honour to write the hash trash for Bottom Feeder and Pelagic’s running again

2008-01-30 0