Turkey Trot Trail

Happy Thanksgiving to all! Lots to be thankful for this year, and the trail can probably be counted as one of them. General Erection and I went out to the trail before meeting up with the family, which was nice hanging out with him during the day. I was pretty out of shape, but luckily the trail was under a mile, so I was able to survive it alright. The typical Thanksgiving Shot Check was enjoyable (Wild Turkey), and once we got back, there was a nice long circle. We only had one virgin, and 'visitor' and two namings.

After the circle we continued hanging around drinking, until finally all 10 cases of beverage were consumed. Scooby vanished for some time, and then showed up with a ton of McDonalds towards 2 o'clock, which was awesome as we were all getting a bit of the drunchies. Finally around 3 we left and stumbled our way home. Overall, much more successful than last year (no cops, or meal ruining Baja Fresh).

Disappointment

So Silver was off working a wedding today, and I was unable to make it down to Blacksburg this weekend, so I figured I may as well try to salvage some of my weekend and decided to join DCH4 for a run. I convinced Just Balls and Just Stephanie to join me, which was fun to have some company. The trail started off great, and within 10 minutes we saw a true trail arrow into a nasty tunnel. When we got out, there was nothing. We searched for around 20 minutes for the trail, but never found anything. We eventually crossed back over, and picked up part of the walkers trail, which was a small loop. Some of us made it back to start attempting to find another part of the trail, but we found nothing. I ended up running an additional two miles, just looking for more trail, but never found anything. Great job Running Bear!

After meeting up with the hasher [name-forgotten] who had gotten chased by a pissed-off homeowner, we hoped a brick wall, and were back in the parking lot we started. To complete a terrible hash, apparently there was a theft in the area while we were out on trail, and so cops were driving around. Since it was too unsafe to circle, most people had left, or were leaving.

Definitely not way I was expecting to spend my Saturday afternoon, but it was better than nothing. Just Stephanie, we still owe you your virgin trail, and next time the trail is on us.

Pants the Hares

So this trail was nice and close to home. It was initially supposed to be in the back yard of my old apartment, but was quickly moved a bit farther away. Silver and I were recovering from being sick the past few weeks, and so took it easy. Once we got to the runners/walkers split, we decided to slow it down and walk for the rest. Not being able to breathe was really hindering our ability to move. Within 5 minutes we had completely lost the trail, it just vanished into nothing. After another 10 minutes of looking I finally found a hare coming back down the trail, who hadn't quite laid the trail we were looking for. Fun! The rest of the trail was pretty uneventful, but overall a good amount of fun.

Birthday Hash

This is the first hash that I am attempting to use my new watch on. This was one hell of a shiggy trail. The first YBF was interesting enough, getting everyone very off track, which led to us cutting through the mall. We got some nice looks running through Macy's. Then Nice Shoes, Dixie, and Porn to Fail laid us strait through a mile of some of the thickest shiggy I have ever been in. My legs, arms, and back will be healing for quite some time. Overall it wasn't that long of a trail, but the shiggy slowed us down enough to make it take just as long as most. A short circle followed, but not too short to impede by drinking, which was continued at the bar. Overall a great birthday hash!

First!

So Silver Lining got me this awesome Forerunner 'watch' for my birthday this year. It's a GPS system that you wear on your wrist, and keeps track of all sorts of things, including your position. So I decided that what better way to utilize this watch than to create a blog with our hash trails. After each hash (every week or there abouts) I'll post the trail we ran, with a few comments, because what good is a map about where I went, without hearing my rambling thoughts about where I went. Enjoy

Just a few comments on the maps. They are best viewed with the Google Earth plug-in, but don't have to be viewed that way. If you do not have the plug-in, the image will just render as a google-maps trail, which is done with hundreds of points of interest, which makes it very odd to look at. Clicking the "Embedded KML Viewer" link above the map will bring you to a page to install the plug-in. My IE, Firefox, and Safari had no problems viewing these maps, however it took me many hours to get Chrome to render the maps properly. If you use Chrome, and want assistance getting it to work, just message me, and I can talk you through what I did. And oh yeah, if you are a Linux user (like myself) the Google Earth plug-in is not supported, however there are some nice hacks to get it to work. Let me know if you want some tips.