Hash House Harriers invade Kansas City Tribune
By Tim Cigelske • Dec 5th, 2009 • Category: In the news
Hash photos from the KC Tribune
Everyone’s favorite “drinking club with a running” problem just got a nice write-up in the Kansas City Tribune.
Victoria Prater, who goes by the nom de hash “I is EZ,” explains the local 21-year history of the legendary global organization the Hash House Harriers.
“It’s the perfect combination of exercise, social interaction and beer,” declares the writer, a dedicated hasher herself.
If you’re not familiar with the Hash House Harriers, you should be. Everyone needs to have experiencing the Hashers’ unique running debauchery on their bucket list.
My own Hash initiation came five years ago with the Waukesha, Wisconsin, chapter. We ran a beer mile, which is chugging a beer for every lap of a mile.
As the article details, the 71-year-old organization with worldwide chapters is known for purposefully confusing running courses, vulgar and politically incorrect banter, and of course beer during and after running.
“It’s great fun in the frat party tradition,” the article declares.
On on!
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