It was a very wet Hash yesterday out of town at Genval. The run site (starting point) was at the Railway Station, so I took the train... It was late but apart from that it was really easy and cheap. How far could you go on the trains in the UK for €2.65 (£1.82)? I had a very nice ride of about 30 minutes for that price! Everyone else arrived by car. There was a small turn out - though not as small as my run last week. The trail was advertised as 8kms, but my GPS says it was about 6kms.
There were loads of clouds around at the start of the run and it had rained earlier but the RA (Religous Advisor) who is responsible for keeping the run dry assured everyone it would remain dry - and we believed him!
Halfway round the heavens opened and it lashed down for about 15 minutes - just at the very moment the RA, who had bumped into an old friend, went indoors and had a beer with his long lost chum....
The rain stopped as soon as we got back to the runsite - most of the slower runners had turned back when the rain started but we were missing 2 of them. One of the hare went off in her car to find them and soon as she turned the corner the appeared from a nearby bar where they had been sheltering!
I ran fairly well despite having a toilet seat (the Hashit) strapped to my back the whole way round the course (if you are awarded the Hashit you have to carry it all the time until someone else does something stupid and gets awarded it). Worryingly my right ankle was sore through-out the run, so I think I will rest it for the rest of the week as Sunday is the big day - the Brussels 20km race.
Managed to unload the Hashit - a new runner got it for not having any Hash gear on...Tough but fair to my mind.
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