Rehashed run 1824 - Gobal and Leela - 15/12/09

Rehashed Run No: 1824; Hares: Gobalakrishnan (Gobal Taekwando) & Leela; Date: 15th December, 2009; Venue: Gangsa.

An Enjoyable Short Run

Gobalakrishnan is a taekwando instructor and an avid runner who has been running with Malacca Hash House Harriers with his other half Leela for a number of years. As scheduled, come last Tuesday it was their turn as hares. As expected, it had attracted a big turnout of some 40 hashers.

Gangsa is an ideal hashing run site with mild terrains and shady oil palm plantation situated on the outskirt of Malacca City. As such, it used to attract a big number of hash runs there.
It was a cloudy and cool Tuesday afternoon. On my early arrival there by the side of Ayer Keroh – Sungai Udang Highway with my partner, we met early birds Dr. Pandyarajah and Oil Rig Lim. A short while later, we saw the sudden appearance of a pack of 5 hashers led by the hares from the northern fringe of the oil palm plantation with muddy shoes and bodies. The other 3 were Mary Josephine, her son and a guest. Understandably, they had just emerged from setting the running trail. On being asked, Gobalakrishnan said that it was a short run with 4 checks which took them some 2 hours to set the trail with 2 recces. That relieved our tension greatly. In spite of that, it did not deter us from starting the run as early birds.

It was at 5.05 pm that Dr. Pandyarajah, Oil Rig Lim, my partner and I started our run as early birds instead of banging balls there while waiting for it to start at 6.00 pm. Led by Dr. Pandyarajah, we followed the paper trail which led south on the tarred road for a short distance before turning left into a bushy path. It was another short distance away that it turned left upslope into a mature oil palm plantation. It then meandered for some 10 minutes before hitting the first simple check at a cross junction. Its connecting paper was found by Dr. Pandyarajah some 100 metres ahead a short while later after a spread-out search. As early birds, we did not join the check.

The paper then meandered eastward across a drain on an undulating terrain for another some 15 minutes before hitting the second simple check at another cross junction. Again its connecting paper was found by Dr. Pandyarajah some 100 metres away on the left a short while later after another spread-out search.

The paper continued to meander eastward, northward and westward abreast the Gangsa - Durian Tunggal Road and across another drain for another some 20 minutes before hitting the third simple check at another cross junction. Its connecting paper was found by Oil Rig Lim a short distance ahead after another spread-out search. On the way, it started to rain with thunder for some 10 minutes which made our bodies wet.

The forth and last simple check was set at a T-junction after some 10 minutes’ stroll. Its connecting paper was found by me a short distance away on the left southward a short while later. It was then that we were being caught up by Pecker who took the shortcut after seeing us from the in-trail nearby. From then on, it was another some 10 minutes stroll before arriving at the run site at 6.35 pm where a big pack of non-runners, back trailers and SCB were enjoying their drinks.

It was a short and comfortable run of some 6 km through the friendly and shady terrain of mature oil palm plantation with a few drains which are avoidable through the nearby bridges which took us some 1 ½ hours to complete. The first scheduled runner was back at 6.42 pm. He was none other than avid runner Ranger. The last runner was back at around 7.10 pm when the sky was till bright. Clearly missing from the run was avid runner GM Dennis the Menace who was away on work in Kuala Lumpur.

Hash Circle was conducted by JM Killer Tony in the absence of GM Dennis the Menace. It saw a number of sinners including the hares being put on ice and on-downed.

On In was held at an Indian Restaurant in the nearby Batu Berendam. In attendance were some 40 hashers who included our ever-industrious GM Dennis the Menace who rushed back from Kuala Lumpur to be with us and see that we were in good order. A delicious banana-leaf Indian dinner was served with Teh Tarik. Another on-downed session was conducted. This time it was by GM Dennis the Menace which saw a bigger number of sinners being on-downed with glasses of cold Tiger beer. The food was on the hares. Thanks for the good run and good food. It ended at around 10.00 pm when we called it a night.

See you at the coming joint run of JM Killer Tony and Sexy Chan at Ayer Panas, Bemban on 22nd December, 2009, fellow hashers! You are assured to enjoy it fully!

On! On!

Scribe: Drug Buster,
Malacca Hash House Harriers.

Date: 17th December, 2009.