Run 1365 – Seven Hills run 2010

Date;- 7^th March 2010


Location:- Harvester Pub, 100m from the American Embassy along the Nsambya –Kabalagala Road.


Written by;-  Katanga Bbi


Hares;- The official hare is usually , Dayo but on this run it’s the mismanagement team that comes to work closely together so the hare is assisted by MMC volunteers like Queenie, Dorotia and her daughter, Party Boy, Hot Pants, Sunset Stripper, etc. Kudos to all of you, you made it memorable.


Up Circle;-
The Up circle, also called the first circle before the run begins was held under the auspices of Hash Master Party Boy, in the company of two police officers, one of whom announced that there was a heavy police presence to provide extra security to the runners along the way. Hash master advised us to not litter the beautiful city of Mayor Ssebagala. He advised us to carry the used water bottles and the banana peels to the finishing point. . . Fat chance of that happening as one empty tin of mineral water will weigh at least one ton and a half on a run like this.


The Run;
Starting time was 6:45 am but the run proper kicked off at about 7:02 am. The start was a little bit slow generally, but I saw the usual suspected FRBs like Checked out, Idris Bukosi (CityTyres Team mercenary), Parasite, Sonko etc, rushing forward to take care of the business side of the race. Some us, me, specifically, know what to do with such runs, knowing our places in the race just settled into the smooth pace-yourself-well-till-the-end mode. The day having started off with a cloudy morning, allowed us to have a generally cool run. Starting numbers were about 200 or so.


Highlights of the run;

1. Did you know that the run 7 seven Hills run has changed slightly from the earlier versions? especially having to climb the whole Kibuli Hill, till the summit of the mosque and going down via some steps from Kibuli mosque to land at the Rail way crossings thereby cutting off the Mukwano Road section that we used to run in earlier versions this the run.
2. The was a slight detour around the soon to be completed Hilton Hotel perimeter for obvious reasons. The rest of the run from there on is was basically the usual seven Hills. The lucky few, who have got GPS connected Watches estimated  the distance to  between 19.2 – 19.3 KM. Pisser had it at 19.3, while Queenie had it at 19.3, hoping that none of them short cutted this could have bee nthe actual distance run.
3. There were about four water points, at each of the 7 Hill there was a check point where one could receive a ribbon, uniquely color to this check point. At one check point there was a banana stop. This provided some welcome relief to the hunger pangs that were beginning to bit at the top of Rubaga Hill.
4. Among the notable late comers were Mupakasi, Pisser and one very first FRB who just flew past us. Pisser attributed his lateness to a late night meeting that he had had with a Mr. Jack Daniels the previous evening. For Mupakasi, I am yet to find out, but it’s possible he might have been in the same meeting. Apparently Kabuki too had attended this meeting but managed some how to respond to the alarm.

The circle.
The circle conducted by GMs thanked the sponsors of the run like Rwenzori beverages who provided all Rwenzori Mineral water that we had during the run, Parambot Breweries who provided 15 crates of beer and a few extra ones that came in at a point that I lost count, and Case Clinic which provided an ambulance that was barely used during the entire exercise. It’s the thought that counts, thanks for all, we appreciate, come back next year.


Ugly Faces; lots of ugly faces we had that day that we did not feel it necessary to invite them to come forth to have personal intros. There is always next time.


Sinners; Loose Comer for something I did not get, Nipples for being the fastest female finisher (1:49:45), Checked Out for carrying out a similar feat on the boys end (1:09:56), other sinners were Fancy Pants, Peeping, Kabuki for late coming, and of course when one GM drinks, all the GMs get to drink so Arrow Girl, Dorotia, Hackenbush got into the mix here. Other sinners were Small Hole, Slippery When Wet, and his Dad, Hash Muzeeyi, and two ugly faces, Wako George and Anzoa Harriet. Other winners included Virus and Temangalo for Advertising MTN, yet the run had different sponsors.


Announcements; Announcements made on that day included the following day’s run which was due to take place on Monday 8^th March 2010, at the Lugogo Cricket Oval, Oasis Club. Other announcements included the deadline for the Kooching World interhash 2010, in Malaysia. The Deadline for the payment of at least $500 US Dollars as commitment fee for the Interhash is this Wednesday, 10^th March 2010. Register with the Hash cash. (Those of you who want to have a huge discount can register with Conman at midnight on any given week day. He will give you a ticket to the venue, all printed and prepared at Nasser Road.


Chatterboxes;
To be updated


Hashshit;
No Hashit 


On On
Katanga Bbi