Wednesday, June 12, 2013

GFH3 Run #1,701; 12 June 2013

South Florida was hot and humid this morning; Reston was hotter and humid-er (there's a good pun on humidor in there, waiting to be made) this evening.  And we could all have stayed home in the a/c if it weren't for Blow in the Hole and Bite Me's hash heroics, which dragged about 30 of us to the pavilion for camaraderie, beer and sweat.  Note that four of us arrived in an open Jeep or a sporty Austin Healy, which is not on a par with BitH or BMe's heroism, but is pretty brave in the face of flash-flood advisories.

Did you ever know that you're my HEEE-ro...
Mufti was there, waving the Anniversary Hash flier (2pm!  Sunday!), and Bionic Babe was filling in order slips for the 31st Anniversary t-shirt.  The Mufti formally announced that no one is signed up to host for the rest of all time (other than PPH and PP for Sunday), and offered a paean to the XX half of the hash, lauding our beauty, wisdom and generosity in stepping up when the sign-up sheet is empty, and our hosts (who really live up to the beauty part, though given the weather the wisdom part is open to question) got a well-deserved cheer.

You know it's going to be a great run when the hares announce, in the brief, that everyone should identify and stick with a running buddy, just in case.  They did pull this one together in a rather ad hoc fashion, but included some nice little bits and bobs including a well-cushioned stretch along the back of the Giant shopping plaza that I believe only Gale actually ran, and she did so backwards.  Seriously, it was pretty well marked, and yet.  And yet...

Excellent BN mark that pretty much none of the runners managed to find.
Back at the pavilion, the hosts had laid out beverages and sandwich fixin's and about sixteen different kinds of chips and similar.  Hummus, a great big juicy red tomato slice and cheddar on whole wheat, with a lettuce leaf to top it off.  Yum.  Seriously yum.

Bionic Babe continued to t-shirt (you will *not* want to miss this year's shirt -- order now, or on Sunday) while the Mufti thundered the roll - double 3s for Dave, and #1 (99 to the cup!) for Austin, though that subsequently changed to #3 (97 to the cup!).   The Mufti added a few announcements, which have slipped my unfortunate mind at this point.  You can ask him on Sunday!  And if you'd like to see what we all looked like, wilting a bit as the night drew in, click here.

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