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A Midsummer’s Night Hash Run

Jason Sandford July 13, 2007

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

E-mail forwarded to me from a loyal Ashvegas reader:

Please join the Hasheville Harriers for another fun run with our friends.

The Midsummer Night’s Hash will begin at 7pm on Friday, July 20th, at the Hard Times Trailhead of Bent Creek. It will run 4-5 miles though woods, rivers, mud, and much shiggy. Plan to get wet and muddy. Bring $5, a towel, a change of clothes, and a ride home.

We encourage carpooling to the trailhead, as parking is limited. As usual, there will be beverages and merriment provided. (Due to the extreme nature of the beverages and merriment, this run is rated R – Children under 18 not admitted.)

Gary Curran and Jared Crave will serve as route-setters, song leaders, rule-maker-uppers, and Hash-Chiefs.

Due to the unpredictable nature of the terrain and rangers involved, this will be a LIVE HASH. The hares will be given a 15 minute lead, and will mark the course on the fly. The job of the hounds will be to follow the trail through one or two beer stops, to the party at the end. If the hounds catch the hares, someone is running too fast. Expect steep hills, false trails, lost hopes, and most importantly, BEER. Front Running Bastards will be burdened with the weight of other Harrier’s sorrows.

To bring you up to speed on the conventions of Hashing, please refer to these dissertations, or Google Hash Run.

One of the best sites is this one.

I also recommend: this one.

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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3 Comments

shamedofbingarunr July 18, 2007

Why make something like running thats so healthy and good for you, have a bad name!!! Who wants Asheville to be like other cities? If thats the atmosphere you want to raise your children in then move there.I can’t believe some of these people are married professionals. Are your spouses braindead or do they not care what message you are sending your children!!!

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Hail to the Chef July 14, 2007

Drinking and running down trails in the dark???

Wow…this isn’t an event….it’s Natural Selection at work.

I mean, there’s being hardcore…and then there just being fucking stupid.

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Peaches July 13, 2007

Hash Harriers are the Shizzzz… I met some Hashers in LA while watching the Tarheels lose to G.town in the playoffs. (sniff sniff) Ask the Hashers what their nicknames are – they all get silly monikers like the through-hikers on the AT. The guys I met were called ‘Jerking Off In the Men’s Room’ & ‘Belly Rub’. So fun – running AND gettin’ yer brewski on is swell idea. Their Hash generally runs from bar to bar in West Hollyweird – and they always have to sacrifice a Hasher for Public Intoxication tickets by the end of the evening. You can only imagine…

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