MINUTES FROM A HASH RUN ...

WHAT IS A HASH RUN?

"Hashing . . . it's a mixture of athleticism and sociability, hedonism and hard work; a refreshing break from the nine-to-five routine. Hashing is an exhilaratingly fun combination of running, orienteering, and partying, where bands of harriers and harriettes chase hares on eight-to-ten kilometer-long trails through town, country, jungle, and desert, all in search of exercise, camaraderie, and good times." - Maybe after this description the concept is till not clear (believe I only got it until I did it), so this is a good site to get all the details... from history, over mystique, elements .. all -

And yes, thanks to our Australian friends an IA we did it as well here in Rotterdam. After meeting at some point, you just run like hell (ideally non stop!) for about 20 minutes (or more, this time we did it shorter since we were principiants!), you run on a path/way that a hash member has marked in advance, so you just follow the marks of the floor/street, without knowing where the path is braking you. In our case the way was marked with flour :) It 's so funny to see a group of crazy people screaming "ON ON" all over the streets (These ON ON is what you scream all the time while you run, and specially when you pass by other hash runners)

At the end of the "run" you end up in a place (in our case it was the roof of Hofdijk, the building where we live in Rotterdam) and just an amazing drinking ritual takes place (in a circle formed by all hash members, coordinated by a chair!) where gossips, jokes, mytstique, singing are on the table :)

ALso in HASH RUNs, you get a name - your hash run name. Mine was "long tongue", the story behing is very random, so I do not even tell it. Well, in the end randomness, but lots of good mood and relax is what has runs are all about! Looking fwd for the next one!

START OF THE HASH RUN!!!