Ubon Hash House Harriers Run No 62 - Saturday 9th November

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Next Ubon Hash will be on the SECOND Saturday of November. Watch this space for details!

[SantiSuk]

Run No 62 will take place on Saturday 9th November at 4:30pm. The run site is on the east side of Ubon along highway 4005 1.5 km inside the ring road (highway 231) at Ban Khor Kud Lad school. If you prefer to park up at Huai Wang Nong reservoir (by the bridge in front of the temple on the south east corner of the reservoir I will do a pickup at 4:15pm. We will probably return to the reservoir for the circle and drinks after the 'run'

Directions to Ban Khor Kud Lad school:

From the ring road east, turn towards Ubon from the ring road at its junction with highway 4005 (Ubon to Tan Sum). After exactly 1.5 km you will see Ban Khor Kud Lad school on your left. Park up against the school wall in the small side road to the left that is just before the school.

From Ubon centre. Find the south east corner of Huai Wang Nong reservoir via Tha Uppalissan, Tha Trakkarn and Tha Ratbamrung (or via Tha Sapphasit, Tha Somdet and Tha Ratbamrung). The south east corner is where the water exits the reservoir under a bridge down towards the Mun river. The road that cuts across the bottom of the reservoir is Tha Ratbamrung and also fornms the start of highway 4005 (Ubon to Tan Sum). Follow that road; after exactly 4.0 km (four kilometres) from the reservoir, having passed two schools on your right at 1 km and 2.1 km and then having just gone through a shallow right then left bend, you will find Ban Khor Kud Lad School on your right. Turn right at the end of the school wall and park in the small side road against the school wall.

The attached map/diagram may or may not help! Intriguingly Google Earth identifies the school as Wat Kut Lat!

The run is a mix of forest and village roads. The weather is perfect for a nice walk/run at this time of year. I look forward to seeing you all!

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Steve/Flash Git

Hashing is social 'running' and there have been hash clubs all over the world since its 1930s origins in Kuala Lumpur. The running bit is not taken seriously and beer is drunk to oil the social side. Ubon Hash, in line with the Ubon environment is laid back and only a few enthusiasts put in a few spurts of running. The rest walk. A trail is laid, typically in white flour/chalk and the pack must find the trail, which keeps the front runners busy while the walkers catch up. After the run the beer ice-boxes are opened and the socialising begins. We usually go back for some more beer and maybe some food around town in the early evening, and some more beer later in the evening, but that is entirely optional on your part! Although hashing has been described as a 'beer drinking club with a running problem' you will find that we are not drunken lunatics and quite sociable really!

Don't be a stay at home wuss - get out there with us and discover the sides of Ubon you would not normally uncover. It's dead cheap (100B) for your first outing and inexpensive (200B) thereafter; even cheaper for Thais - and that includes several free beers afterwards, and often a beer stop during the run.