One of the things I like about our so-called running group is that we have actual runners, some faster and more ambitious, yet never competitive, and we have us: footsore due to injury, hangover effects, or simply ageing joints. We all go on the run … Continue reading Walking Brothers and Sisters
I’ve been a hasher. Disclaimer: Hashing has nothing to do with smoking; it’s usually described as a non-competitive running social club. Definitely non-competitive (we punish racists) and these days, for many of us a walking rather than running club. For information you can look it … Continue reading Close to 30 Years
I had to include photos from Red Dress Runs with these squares. The history is somewhat typical for the quirky traditions of this world wide drinking club with a running problem. In 1987 a woman was taken on a date, she donned a fancy red … Continue reading Red Dress Run
We drink, we run, and we know things. Oh, and occasionally we shout: On On!
We're the hashers, meet the hashers, we're the biggest drunks in history.
From the town of (insert your town), we're the leaders in debauchery.
Halfminds, trailing shiggy through the years.
Watch us as we down a lot of beers.
Down, down, drink it down, ...
(WIIIILLLLMMMMAAAAA!!!)
Yesterday’s red fishes beg for today’s theme. Once a week I follow someone else’s lead, i,e, I follow somebody else’s trail usually marked by chalk. What do you do if you come across a u-turn as in photo 1? Of course: you turn.If happen to … Continue reading Red Herrings
is a serious matter and we keep pursuing it with proper lack of respect and humour. How not to double dip with hedonistic and levity on the same day? FOWC with Fandango: Levity and Ragtag Daily Prompt: Hedonistic
When we go running (or walking or traipsing) on Sundays we follow flour blobs. Three blobs of flour and you are on the right track, aka “true trail”. Every now and again we might encounter a circle like this, aka a check. It means you … Continue reading Checking!
Actually our German social running groups organise a national meeting (called a Nash Hash) every year. Since there are 10 chapters in Germany which share the organising. Some are so small that they can’t manage the task. And then there was a break between 2018 and 2221 (I wonder why, I blocked out that time). But after nine years it’s upon us again. This was in 2014 in Rüdesheim. And you guessed it, next weekend it’s our turn again. This time there will be 270 hashers attending the GNH. The participants are limited by the size of the venue, more often than not a youth hostel.
So if you have been wondering seeing my photos over the past few weeks: this community has been on my mind more than usual.
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Community
The international running group of which I am part is known for its – let’s call it: creative – nicknames. A nickname has to be earned – you come to a few runs, you do something gloriously stupid, you are named. So when you first come to runs you are referred to as a “just”. Just + first name. Hence, these two would have been known as Just Johann and Just Friedrich if they had joined the HHH.
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