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Checklist & Advice for Hares.

The Important ingrediants.
1. Somewhere to run.
2. Beer
3. food.
4. Venue for an ON-ON negotiated previously
5. Hashers.
6. Beer

Points to remember.
It gets dark earlier in Winter.
Also colder & possibly wet.
Put out HHH signs at least 20 mins previous to run & collect them afterwards.
Ensure on-on venue is open before hashers arrive.
Always have a beer stop
Always have beer.
Announce run directions the week before & let web-master know, preferable,in writing.
If you cannot set your assigned run it is YOUR responsibility to swap with another hare & inform On-Sex well in advance
If you have any problems call a committee member. That way you will be told to piss off diplomatically.

Unless you are an experienced hare set the run with some-one else. At least then you can share the blame with them.
Reccy the run until you are sure it is perfect.
Ensure beer-stop is around halfway round.
The Hash is not a race! The idea of the Hash is to keep slow and fast runners together so that they finish at the same time. This is done by using checks, this slows the fast runners down and allows the slower runners to catch up. Ideally you should have at least 10 checks in a Hash to keep the pack together.

Beer etc.
Take the cooler boxes & any left over stock home with you on the previous hash.
Scrub out cool boxes & wash off /dry spare cans.
Each week minimum stock is:
6 trays of 24 cans of beer (Cruzcampo,mahou,alhambra - no German crap!!)
25 litre bottles for down-downs.
72 Small bottles of water.
48 cans of soft drinks, coke, Fanta etc.
24 cans of Sin Alcohol beer.
6 large bags of crisps.
2-7 bags of ice depending on weather.
Please use Lidls for most things as they are cheaper.

To prepare for the  run you will need HHH direction signs, several bags of flour, shredded paper (ask committee member) & possibly chalk. Don´t forget to collect HHH signs & shredded paper at the previous weeks run.

The On.on
The restaurant should be selected for good value for money. The menu of the day should cost 10-15 Euros, normally including 2/3 courses & half bottle of wine. Try to insist on good wine as some of them serve crap.

Meals supplied at hares house are normally exceptionally good & are to be encouraged.

Special runs
If you feel like doing a special run & need to buy extra please ask the committee first or foot the bill yourself.

More Advice for Hares.

Hashing since 1989.

Guide lines for hashing & setting a Mijas H3 hash run.

 First off I would like to stress this is meant as the heading say’s “guide lines” for setting a hash run, it will still be down to the Hares on the day to get it right. If you follow these guide lines I am quite confident you will end up with a good run and only spend “ice time” due to your own stupidity!!

On On and good luck.

 As a hare or potential hare the first thing is to find a good location to start the run, when driving around one should always be on the look out for a possible run site, as you never know when you are going to be called up to set a run.

 Once you have found a location for a possible run the Hare should consider the following:

 1)     Sufficient space for all the hasher’s cars and for the circle. (it’s up to the hares to figure out how many cars!!).

2)     Make sure the land is not private (unless you have permission).

3)     Consideration for the pack standing in the Sun or rain (depending on the season).

4)     Virgin hares need to set the run with an experience Co-hare regardless of what they think, please check with the GM or committee member for guidance.

 With the location found and assuming you have checked the area out. The next step is to set the run. Even when you have reeced the run sit back and see how it can be improved (draw the run out on paper). You may even consider setting it in reverse as the terrain in more suited or the run in more interesting.

People have different ideas for a good run. I personally can not resist the use of tunnels, crossing streams, a little “shiggy” muddy areas, the odd hill to get the thirst up (the norm in this area). Try and get some decent running on the trail as too much SAS training can get the older members and wingers going in the circle. A good rule of thumb for the length of a run is if you walk the trail in 3 hours you will have a good length run of about one hour.

Do not try and be too clever! The trail out should not be too close to the in trail (Murphy`s law; If it can go wrong it will go wrong!). If trails come close or cross, wait till the pack have passed and then set the trail.

Note: The Hash run will take place every week regardless!! Do not think because there is heavy rain, strong winds, earthquake, an outbreak out of bubonic plague, we still run! If the conditions are very bad you may need to reset the run about an hour before the pack arrive,

  Trail Markings:

Marking the trail: We at Mijas H3 should be looking to more environmentally friendly and only use flour to set the runs (flour sploggers are available to mark the trail, if in doubt ask a committee member). Paper tends to stay on the trail for months and months and can cause confusion between olds and new runs. In some areas paper may be needed but keep it to a minimum.

In town or on tarmac chalk can be used.

Tip: In place of chalk use plaster board (found in dump skips).

 The trail: Should be set in flour blobs approximately every ten (10) paces. When on a long stretch an arrow can be used to indicate keep straight on till the next blob of flour. Arrows can be used to point out the direction when you are in an open place or crossing over junctions; it also helps to show the direction of the run, sometimes when trails are too close the pack could be misled and start running backwards, an arrow will stop this.

 Check points: Are marked with an: “X” in flour:  (There should be around 8 to 10 checks on a run) From here the trail can go off in any direction (360 degrees). The hares should not put any trail markings (flour or paper) with in 100 meters of the check point. The trail should not be too obvious and the idea is to keep the pack together by getting the front runners going down false trails and taking time in locating the correct trail. The pack should not stand around on the check (Inform the RA of the check standers!).

Once flour has been spotted On On should call and the pack should head off in the direction of the calling. If you come to an “F” on the trail it will be false and go back to the check. False trails can be as long as the hares feel they can get away with, without spending “ice” time in the circle.

You can set as many false trails from a check as you feel necessary.

When the correct trail has been found the check should be scrubbed out so the true trail can be located by the slow runners. Tip: Hares should try and make one of pointers of the cross in direction of the true trail, so a hound can scrub out incorrect pointers on the check.   

Split trails:  ↔ Arrows pointing in two directions. This is used where you have two options on the trail and helps to slow down the front runners, one will ends in an “F” and one will be correct. The false trail can be as long as they can get away with.

Note: The incorrect arrow should be crossed out by one of the pack once the true trail is found to assist the back runners.

 Check back: This is marked on the trail with a “CB” in flour. It should be used to slow up the front runners. Once you come to a CB the pack should go back down the trail and look for another trail. The new trail should be fairly obviously.

 Beer stop: This is purely a Mijas H3 thing!!!! Started on the first run and has stayed. You will not find this at many other hash clubs. The beer stop (drink stop) should be approximately ¾ of the way around the run. When there is festive occasion: Christmas, Birthday, St Patrick’s or any other excuse the quenching liquid may vary. Snack food is also expected!  

Hares: It is up to you what happens at the Beers stop, if in doubt check with a committee member.

 On In: This is the last marking on the trail and should be at the end of the run, after this the pack run home to BEER! There should be no marking after this.

Note: the pack should run in to find beer, it is up to the Hares to have the beer ready and cooled!! Failure to do this is a major sin.

 The Circle: This is where the Hares are rewarded for all their hard work (or lack of it) and the pack can comment on the effort the Hares have put into setting the run, this is done by way of a marking system (0 -- 9.99 points).

 A five (5) mark is an average run a zero mark will get them “Hash shit” something you really don’t want!

 On On On: The hares have to find a suitable venue for an inexpensive meal.

The restaurant should be fairly close to the run site. Hares can check with committee members for restaurants used on previous run. The cost for a three (3) course meal should be around 10 euros with half a bottle of vino between two. Spanish restaurants are normally less expensive.

It is up to the Hares to advise the restaurant on the numbers attending the restaurant. Ask in the circle for numbers and advise the restaurant. Don’t get into “guaranteed numbers” with the restaurant or you may end up with a big bill to pay! Hares collect the money from the pack for the meal. Try and get a complementary Pacharan for the pack from the owner.

Note: If you’re not very good with the Spanish langue “Up Yer Bum” has kindly offered to assist any hashers with dealing with Spanish restaurants. Tel 699556253.

Punch list for Hares:

1)     Hash signs: If you don’t have any make beg borrow or steal them from other members. They should be out one hour before the run. Put plenty of signs out. Note: When sending in your information on the run site for the web page see if you can get kilometer readings from major roads or kilometer marking on the side of the road also add road number (make it easy to find).

2)     Flour: Make sure you have plenty! You should need between 8 – 10 bags. Some shredded paper and chalk if required.

3)     Beer Softies & Crisps: It is up to the Hares to get it right, check with committee members if you are not sure.

4)     Ice: Buy ice on the way to the run site and have the beers cooled down.

5)     Confirm On On On Resturant: Make sure they know we are coming!

Hounds.

Just to complete this write up I would like to put a few lines down about the Hounds as it all ties together.

The runs are made for these people and set to keep them happy.

For a good run it is important that hounds keep to the trail and front runners keep calling On On to help the back runners on the direction of the trail.

I agree with most purists that Hashing is not a running club but social club that likes drinking and some exercise.

Hashing was originally on a Monday evening to get some exercise and burn off the weekends excesses, but as we know ended up with a few beers again! Once you have been with the Hash for more than five runs you can be put on the “Hare line” (to set a run with an experienced co-hare)) and could end up with your hash name (something nice!).

Note: At the Hash we do not have children! Dogs or rule No6; No-Poofters… But as you will know they are all on our Hash and tolerated!

Any comments on the above please let me know get in touch with under signed.

On On and good hashing to you all.

God bless ya

YMW GM Flakey.

    Hash quote;

“Sometimes it seems a little presumptuous to presume that a physical activity could be an art, but to a hasher, the design and deployment of a successful Hare and Hounds trail is like the completion of a masterpiece. It is a work beheld and appreciated by the pack, who are more demanding than any art critics you will ever meet. Of course, you will never please all the hashers, but on rare occasions you can obtain, in the circle, an overwhelming consensus of a job well done. That is what makes the scouting, practice and hard work worth the effort”