Run site: Ara Damansara (Lala Chong Restaurant)
Run rating: 7.5 by TopLess
Co-hare: Phang Joe, Silencer, Pussy Cat and many others
Front runner were out at 7:35pm: Hazards Ah Singh, Ben, Ah Heng, Yakitiyak
Sweepers came out at 8:40pm: Big Mouth Monkey, Baby Monkey
Run Site
This is the 1st time in recent years GH5 ever had a run in Ara Damansara. This location is now a satellite township with the running trail located towards the northern part. Parking and lighting here is excellent, right in front of LaLa Chong Restaurant.
The Run
At 6pm sharp with horn blasting to signal the start, 60 members and 55 guests (think this is the highest recorded in any run!) headed northwards, crossing the main road, cutting through Ara Damansara housing estate, before entering the perimeter of Tropicana Resort.
Along the trail, we met a herd of cows and some anglers fishing at the pond. The paper trail then led us inside the rubber estate. Here the gradient is undulating, not steep by any standard for the hashers. This trail is good for strong runners as they can literally run/jog all the way back to run site.
As we pushed on ... some 1 hour later ... Kota Damansara condos and industrial buildings, with their bright lights shining could be seen on our right ... hey, we were still very far away from run site!! Man, this is a huge rubber estate!!
This is the time of the year when the sky gets dark early and we had to reach out for our torch lights. As we moved on, we could see the Subang Airport control tower's beacon ahead of us. We were then running along the big retention pond and somewhere along that stretch, people were shouting from across ... "fai ti lah, fai ti lah". At the end of this footpath, we made a left "U-turn" and unexpectedly we saw a group of hashers standing and talking, with Phang Joe (the co-hare and master-mind for this run) sitting comfortably in his chair. Phang Joe must be enjoying himself watching everyone of us being tortured with this long long run! Anyway, he advised it's gonna be another 3 km back to run site and transport would be provided by King Trucker. Some of us decided to jog, while the rest waited to be ferried back.
Our group got back at 8:15pm and slowly but surely everyone came home safely with Big Mouth Monkey and Baby Monkey (the Monkey family) sweeping from the rear. All in all, it was an excellent run ... 13km ONLY MAH, @#$%!
The Circle
To be continued .... meanwhile, click to enjoy the photos HERE...
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