Hash Trash
Road Kill’s Birthday Run
January 9, therapy 2011
Run #1716
It was a cold, cloudy day when 60 or so intrepid hashers showed up for Road Kills’ Birthday run. Road Kill hadn’t laid a live hare trail in a while, so everyone was wondering how it would go. Would there be dead animals on trail? Would Road Kill get caught and get de-pantsed? Would Road Kill puke on trail while trying to outrun the FRBs? Had WHP left one man to do a two-man job?
Fearing the worst, Road Kill left to lay trail a little bit earlier that normal, so as to get a good head start. But his plan didn’t work, because the pack took off from Stude Park at 3:20 PM rather than 3:30 PM. I’ve never seen that happen before, but I guess the potential FRBs didn’t want the hare to get too much of a head start. The trail began with a check every block or two. I suppose that was intended to give the hare a little time, but the checks were not hard enough to slow down the FRBs. The trail meandered thru the streets of the Heights area with a little shiggy thrown in along White Oak Bayou. Many hashers are familiar with that area and avoided the shiggy by staying on trail and sidewalks. The trail headed south, over IH 10, then west for a mile or so. At the Target store, the trail headed north again, under IH 10, and then onto a very long run over the old railroad bridge and along the Heights hike and bike trail to White Oak drive. From there we followed flour along more hike and bike trail to the end under the Shepard Street bridge near Lawrence Park.
Pull the Plug was the beer bitch and had brought two kegs of beer thinking it would be a sunny afternoon with a large turnout. It didn’t happen. It was cloudy with a normal size turnout, so only one keg was tapped. CSI’s big batch of wild hog BBQ was an instant hit and DTBW’s hot rice and beans were great on a cold day.
The circle was lively with the hare being accused of many infractions, both real and imagined. Captain Von Poopy Pants was recognized because he was spending his last weekend in Houston before heading back home to (Canada?). And likewise, Parson’s Nose son, Christopher, was recognized before heading back home to London. Hole-in-One spent more time in the circle than just about anyone for various perceived grievances. Dick Assley was awarded an honorary down-down because he has stopped smoking.
Circle Jerk announced that a meeting of the Hash Mile Marathon volunteers will be held on Tuesday, January 11, at 7:00 PM at Canyon Creek. Anyone who is interesting in helping is welcome to attend.
The On-on-on was held at Onion Creek, where the fun and camaraderie continued in warmer surroundings.
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Pull the Plug