As it was on Run 3471 atNirvana
Memorial Park, Semenyih
Date : 12th July, 2010 Hare : Tyson Foo Co-Hares : Canadian Celup
Pirates ( 6 pax , including Peter Cushion, Mok, ) vital statistics : Runners :
about 60 Distance : about 10 km no. of checks : ? FROPs : ?
FROP Time : 1 hrs 40 mins.

1. Roast Ignition of the Hares, Members
and Visitors

Last week we gathered at the Ostrich Farm; this week it is just further down
the road and opposite the Memorial Park. Semenyih and the 3 Sungais, is
home to us by now.
At this week’ s run I was most heartened to see “Wild” Bill Panton who had
made a brief appearance at 3469 while hitching a ride from Bill Morrison. He
looks well. Wild Bill is an oldtimer at the Mother, and had a hand in setting up
the DC Hash. Welcome back Bill !

From what I gleaned at run site, as the hare and co-hares were preparing to
set out, they convinced the “Uncle” who runs the food shop at our parking site,
to participate later in the run. “Uncle “ has a pot-belly, but his years living off
the land as a timber worker in deep jungle, had prepared him for today’s run.
His unmentionable , I was told , was most amused. Uncle, together with Ah
Chai, were to come out late with me as it turned out.
As I set out at 6 pm, cruising along the dusty road in my Union Jack shorts, it
slowly dawned on me that the first check was a killing 1.5 km run inside !
Another sinister un-constitutional plot to unseat the new OnSec I guess

The first check was at the slope of a junction, and the OnOn, was called in the
opposite direction through a sandy area , eventually leading up towards the
ridge which dominates this entire area. As I stood by, Barry shot past me in a
bright blue and yellow t-shirt running in top form. Most impressive for a
beaver.
This is the same ridge which gives the Memorial Park its backdrop, and
presumably harnesses the positive feng-shui for its Occupants. If the walk up
the slope for the rest of the run continues at this punishing gradient, we should
soon see ourselves permanently living at the Memorial Park. Taboo thoughts
again.

Halfway up , a group of runners, with Ah Kah at its centre, stood surveying the
lay of the land, and watching the progress of the 4.30 group slowly descending
the tricky crevice / crevasse-lined final slopes of the home stretch.
Mike Kuan, Jega, myself, decided we would progress further to the highest
point…a short walk la, then after another short walk, we would soon, hopefully,
round the few hills in an anti-clockwise fashion , and be back to where we saw
the 4.30 group descending.

This miscalculation would cost us an additional 2 hours of walking ! Not that I
minded, for it meant that I would complete my first run in Office. More by
accident than by choice.
Along the way, we caught up with Ah Chai and Uncle from the Food Shop as we
met coming from opposing directions along a terrace, searching at a check near
the top of a ridge. From then on, we walked home together . In the dark !
McBilly has a more vigorous account of the run :

“ The hare is a runner, the co-hares are notorious for setting long runs and the ‘lethal
concoction’ spells L-O-N-G.
The run started with the usual walk on the main road, crossing it and into some fenced
clearcuts and I had Ah Kah and Slipper Lin walking briskly as Ah Kah wanted some company
for his injured leg at the back of the pack.
Bull Ong, quick and light-footed, shouting and urging us and banging Ah Kah’s behind with
his walking stick. The usual walkers were quick on this run, OnSec was no where to be seen
till the second check; Barry was way upfront; the front pack of Taufu Soo, Ah Meng, Dr.
‘Feel’, Lau Tak Wah, Tommy Chin, Arthur and Siyeh Wah could only be heard when they
yelled and Honker Bon was closer to the front pack than us.

There were many steep and long off-tracks that climbed the clearcut hills, the middle pack was
almost slowed to a crawl with Zurich and Jeffrey Wong huffing and puffing as soon as they
reached a flat; while Soh B, Kenny Soh, Danny Tai, Yap Mun Long, Soh Leong Ooi and
Danny Lim chatting about 42km training and running , to pass the time climbing the slopes.
Lim See Tatt and Ah Kah then turned back on paper late while the usual ones turned back
much earler; Steven Lai alone with his constant pace; the trail seemed to be always heading
towards Sungai Jelok that had many expecting it to be an ‘A to B’ run; on the OP hill trail in
Sungai Jelok the whole pack was kept close after the laid paper went downhill to come to a
check almost all the way at the bottom while some smart fellows brought the middle and back
pack uphill to meet the front runners and breaking that check as well.

That left those who ran down to the check at the back like Silent Dragon, Danny Tai, guest
Big Swiss, James Pasquali, Kau Peng Yap, Opera, Limbo and another. A long and winding
run around some more clearcuts to reach an open view of the valleys and the run site! It was
not easy as it seems, the pack was made to run on the ridges and to break 2 more checks
before the home trail!

The 6th check got Tommy and Taufu Soo to accompany the back of the pack and a sudden left
turn also confused some to run straight forward thinking of an easy home trail on the last
check. It was a very steep slope, almost standing, with some tight rubber terrain and a dry slipperygravel/sand slope down to the home trail; guest big Swiss caught up with Barry and they chatted all
the way back; Yap Mun Long slipped and fell on his butt that left him grimacing in pain while
Silent Dragon went past him as Limbo was on hand to assist in standing Yap up.
It was a good run on the home trail too while some find it too long to run like: Zuric and
Jeffrey Wong enjoying the sceneries, Fun Kok Seong and Billy 2 chatting about some work;
Simon Tee and Jeffrey Hao also bla-bla about some business, Dennis Khoo and Opera was
exhausted walking alone. Knut was ‘on hand’ to greet the first runner in 1hr40mins.

The GPassesS registered about 12point-somethingkm straight line, I reckoned it to be about
near 14km. The pack bathed and got ready for circle but where’s OnSec!? He’s still on trail
with a few others like Mike Kuan, Jega, Ah Chai and the nearby stall owner ‘Ah Pek’. They
were back at about 9pm and OnSec conducted the circle immediately after a soft drink.
The circle was kept short as the assigned bomoh by the hare went back early, charges from the
floor were: by Ah Kah – lost and found t-shirt claimed by El Loco Kong; by NoHair – lost and
found seat from ‘PH3’s AGM Run’ where no one claims and the gwailos that run with PH3 (3
of them) were forced to sit on the bloody sorry seat for the OnDown!

Food on site with Star Caterer and extra beers were from the hare, there was the roast pig
sponsored for the hare by Billy Yap (Roast Pig Man) and Fico. “
Thanks Billy , our embedded reporter !

Mok “Mosifat” ( = no butt, or weak butt profile) of the Seremban Hazards made
his return appearance ( this time as co-hare for 3471 ) at the Mother this year,
and reiterated his personal invitation to the Hazards 333 Anniversary ( see
below ) on 12th August. Mike Kuan will assist in coordinating this closer to the
time.
Makan was on-site with the mobile caterer from Seremban serving exquisite
Indian cuisine. But as an appetiser, we had 1 x halal roast pig from BBLee’s
wagon, with the piggy jointly-donated by BBLee and the One Armed
Swordsman aka Fico.
Thank you guys, and also to our hare for the day, Tyson Foo, for a free OnOn
on-site !!

A demanding run, a good makan , and finally a tight Circle for tonight.