Run #183, December 7th, 2003
On a damn cold December day some twenty hashers braved a wind chill factor of God knows how much for Run #183 from Shin-Moriyama station. To be honest, it wasn’t that cold, but at the time I sure thought those few hashers running in shorts were friggin’ crazy. Still after the money was paid and the intros made, we set off…
…Only to have a little trouble finding the course after the starting point! Imagine a flock of headless geese still attempting to fly south for the winter and you won’t be anywhere near the confusion of a pack of semi-lost hashers! Ahhh, apologies, I exaggerate! But when we thought all was lost, a glimmer of hope arrives and the ghostly white smudge of flour was found heading into Apita of all places. Shopping anyone? I for one, was wondering how the course markings would go down with the mall’s management but alas we found our way out and onto the right track without a sign of powder within the mall itself.
As the group dispersed I found myself at the back of the pack (through no fault of my own mind you). While some nice scenery was promised on the long course, the fork was quite far down the track, and the dilemma arose: long or short? Deciding to be quite the pussy, I went the short and proceeded to make a couple of wrong turns. For those of you who went the long, was the scenery worth it? I hope so because my butt was damned near frozen by the time we were Near Beer. Before that, though we went through a couple of parks that looked like promising goals, but no luck. We’d been trotting along for a couple of hours and I was sure we would be the last but, lo and behold, after playing dodge-the-oncoming-trains, we had actually made it in fine time.
While waiting for the rest of the flock to arrive, we perused the marvelous photos of Sexy Babe’s trip to Alaska (and we thought it was cold in Nagoya!), swapped idioms about cold weather (my particular favorite: “It’s colder than a nun’s c#$%t!”) and drank beer which proceeded to make us even colder. When the group was again whole, it was time for the down downs! After congratulating the hares and berating them slightly over the lack of flour, onto the down downs! There was a definite fashion theme to this day’s guzzling, as Peach Fuzz and Chin Chin Para Paragus soon found out. Did the beer taste better out of hat, Peach Fuzz, or a glove, Chin Chin? When all was said and done yours truly surprisingly got away with only one down down, and everyone was quite satisfied with the day’s festivities!
The Hash Bash was a rather subdued affair with the imminent departure of H-eater and 2003, but man was the food great and the beer plentiful. Cheers to Turd Chaser and Doraemon’s Pocket for a great run! Up next, the Bonenkai Hash! Yeah, baby!
On–on,
Niku-bou
Following message is written in Japanese.
仕事をやり遂げ何とか参加できたハッシュ。場所はＪＲ新守山駅だったけど、名古屋駅のホームでの風の冷たさで「帰ろかな？」と思ったくらい寒い一日でした。駅前スタートでは無く、全員でお散歩してガードをくぐりやっとスタート。すぐに小麦粉が判らずアタフタして、やっと見つけたらショッピング・センター内へ突入！店内を走るわけに行かず、出口を探して南下してガードをくぐり北上。「スタート地点じゃん！」と喚いた所にＨａｒｅのＴｕｒｄ Ｃｈａｓｅｒがニコニコ立っていました、、、。東に方位を向け、ガイドウェイバスの高架を抜けた付近の山下公園で、また小麦粉迷子。この地点まで、ほぼ団子状態のはずだった。北上してまた西に高架を抜けた所で、初参加の女性２人が居ない事にＳｅｘｙ Ｂａｂｅ ＃１が気がつき私とふたりで、「今日のマークは難しい」と判断して、引率者のＴｕｒｄ Ｃｈａｓｅｒ連絡を取ると、Ｎｉｃｋ−Ｂｏｕと一緒が判り、団子？に遅れてふたりで走り出しました。アサヒビール工場横を北上して、庄内川の長い堤防を東に向かっている時「ひょっとしていつの間にかロングじゃない？」と疑っていると松川橋でコースが別れていた。私はＳｅｘｙ Ｂａｂｅ ＃１に距離の確認（ショート６ｋｍとロング９ｋｍ）して、尾?骨痛と風邪の病み上がりの私は、迷うことなくショートへ行きました。この判断が正解だったと知ったのは随分後でした、、、。橋を渡り、道風記念館を抜け北へ西へまた北へ。東名阪の高架をくぐり、ミントチョコレート色の県営住宅前を西へ西へ。地蔵川とＪＲ中央線を渡ってゴール！ゴールの北東山公園にはショート組の団子たちが数人と居るべきはずのＨａｒｅがまだ居なかった、、、。Ｈａｒｅ到着後、ショート組が続々ゴールなのに、ロング組はまだ誰も来ない。「なぜ？」思っていた所にヘトヘト状態のロング組がゴール！「今日は２０ｋｍぐらいじゃない？」とぼやきまくり。Ｈ−ｅａｔｅｒの生徒さん女性二人組も２回目なのに何故かロング。聞いたところ「みんながロングに行ったから、、、。」とケナゲな返事でした。
ＤＤでは日本語試験を受けていたＣｈｉｎ Ｐａｒａと、古典試験を作成していたＳｐｏｏｋｙと、○○○の臭いを漂わせたＳｍｅｌｌｙ Ｐｕｓｓｙ等が合流して、アラスカ帰りのＳｅｘｙ Ｂａｂｅ ＃１の背クシ？の写真をサカナに、和気藹々の時間を過ごしました。寒い中のＨａｒｅのＴｕｒｄ ＣｈａｓｅｒとＤｏｒａｅｍｏｎ’ｓ ｐｏｃｋｅｔのお二人お疲れ様でした。
１０周年記念ランのＨａｒｅをＳｅｘｙ Ｂａｂｅ ＃１と企むセクハラ？Ｓｈｉｎｋａｎｓｅｎでした。皆様、心して参加してください。