January Hash Report

2017 kicked off with 8 great hashes, the first being the North of Seventy Eight (NOSE) hash #149 in Morristown, NJ on Wednesday January 4^th. About 15 hashers showed up at the Speedwell Park ruins for a trail laid out by “Not in my Hair” who received his running kilt the same name for hashing 78 times with NOSE H3. The trail included lots of stairs, hills, false trails and a section of the Patriots Path. After the run we all moved to the Famished Frog for food and beverage.

 



Next up was the newly formed Taco Tuesday Hash House Harriers’ 2^nd hash on Tuesday January 10^th. Road Runner Sports generously offered up their store for a meeting location and a discount for those in attendance. Roughly 30 came out to run around Cherry Hill, NJ but mostly for the tacos at Chili’s after.

 

The next night was to become a night that the NOSE runners will not soon forget, although we’d like to. It became to be known as the night of the tickets. We had a great showing this night with 17 hashers eager to run the trails on Pyramid Mountain and so we did. It wasn’t until we were enjoying the view of distant city lights that we found out it was actually illegal to be up there after dark. We observed blue lights down by our parked cars and the night’s silence was interrupted by a voice on a loud speaker demanding we get off the mountain. By the time the night was done, Morris County had earned itself some $1207 in fines as we each were charged $71. On the bright side I did earn my NOSE hash socks for picking the NOSE 24 times!

 

The next Thursday night, January 12^th was a full moon so Princeton H3 popped up a Full Moon Hash with trail set by “Hair in my Zipper”. It was a beautiful night, especially for being January. With temperatures nearing 60 degrees and the full moon it was without a doubt the best night I’ve run in a long time. Seven hashers and one trail dog, “Flip Flop”, came out and enjoyed the trail which took us through parts of Village Park, Mercer Meadows and Rosedale Park. Two more hashers met us at the house of “Yo Hey Pauly” for pizza and beer.

 

Wednesday, January 18^th, NOSE met at the house of “A**-Q” in Boonton for a hilly run and pizza party after. Wednesday January 25^th we met at the Morristown Train Station for a trail set by “Stretch” taking us out once again to the Speedwell Park ruins followed by food at the Tavern off the Green.

 

Two nights later the Bimbos of Jersey hosted a birthday hash for “Go4Hole” in Jamesburg Park section of Helmetta, NJ. Six runners enjoyed the trails, a beer stop that included hot-toddies and Jiff Pop Popcorn, and then pizza after at Maxi’s Pizza.




Finally, on Sunday January 29^th I hosted a combination Hashrun/Pub crawl through Browns Mills, NJ. Unlike a normal pub crawl, this included 4 sections of trail and a series of clues written around town, in chalk, where to look next.