Miami Runners Train To Be the Best Lushes They Can Be

You can always count on the folks in South Beach to expose a worldwide trend to our virgin eyes. The Miami-Fort Lauderdale chapter of the Hash House Harriers got a write-up this weekend explaining what they do: go on a 5-mile run once a week where they follow clues left by a lead runner and stop at bars along the way to grab a beer; naturally, the course culminates in a booze- drenched party. Much to our surprise, it ain’t anything new given that the tradition started 70 years ago with Army officers stationed in Malaysia who ended their runs at a bar called the Hash House. It’s since ballooned into a global network of 1,834 chapters in 178 countries and every American city. So if you’re thinking of signing up, brace yourself for a bad college flashback–the hazing ritual is as mature as the premise itself:

After a hash, first-timers are heckled into singing a song, flashing a covered body part or telling a joke, preferably dirty. And everyone has a hash name. “Your name is somehow related to you in some way. Either your profession or a personality quirk or something goofy you do while you’re drinking,” said Marion “Liquor Briefs” Lohmayer, 43, a bartender turned paralegal.

In that case, our associate editor would be Carlos “Talks Out of the Side Of His Mouth” Posas. (Might need to work on snappier nickname, but it otherwise speaks the truth.)

Miami Running Group Grabs A Beer On Five-Mile Run [FOX News]
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