Freezing Cold Hash Run

3-5 MILE GROUP RUN

Brought to you by the Rumson Hash House Harriers.

Sat. Jan. 3, 2009 10:00am

START: Kenneth Vercammen Law Office

2053 Woodbridge Ave., Edison, NJ 08817

Near the Nixon Post Office.

Look for the Hash skull banner and guys in old running clothes.

TO REGISTER GO TO: www.active.com

Tired of the same old neighborhood roads, traffic, bad drivers? Join the off-road runners for a great and unusual training run. See the swamps and wooded areas saved from development. The Hash House Harriers again return to the woods and marsh of Edison. Hashing is not a race but a non-competitive group run which follows an off-road course laid out with baking flour. If you like trail running without the competition of a formal race, this will be a fun switch for you. This is a complex and different course through woods, grass, swamp and marsh. Wear old running shoes. Follow the trail to the finish.

POTENTIAL EXCITING DANGERS / CHALLENGES

- Get bitten by starving animals - Slip on ice & break bones

- Buried bombs with mustard gas - Cut your leg on sharp branches

- Slip on snow and break arm - Touch 29,000 Volts of Electricity

- Run into tree branches, poke eye out - Angry deer with huge antlers

- Fall into Raritan River and get swept out to ocean - Frozen Rats & other dead animals

- Exploding gas pipelines - Bad drivers from New York

- Sticker bushes who don’t speak English

- Crawl under barbed wire - Get hit in head with cement falling

- Slide off mud cliffs off bridges

$10.00 TO RUN. FREE YELLOW “MY ATTORNEY FIGHTS TO WIN” T-SHIRT AND ONE FREE DRINK TICKET FOR PRE REGISTRANTS. $13.00 DAY OF EVENT. VOLUNTEERS RECEIVE FOUR FREE DRINK COUPONS AND A YELLOW SHIRT! PLEASE BRING A CAN FOOD DONATION FOR THE SAINT JAMES FOOD BANK. $5.00 FOR THE POST RUN SOCIAL HELD AT THE GREEN DERBY BAR, SITE OF THE "ON-ON" BREWS. FREE BEER FOR WOMEN 21-69. A fun time is guaranteed! You must be over 21 years old to participate. No awards are given and no times are recorded. A sense a humor is a must. Prizes and giveaways at the post race social! Register online at active.com. See info at www.njlaws.com/FREEZING_COLD_HASH_RUN.htm For details

Call run “hare” Ken Vercammen at 732-572-0500 or email: [email protected]

(The runner in the red, white & blue flag shorts)

DIRECTIONS: http://www.njlaws.com/directions_to_office.htm

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Please make $10.00 checks payable to Rumson Hash, and mail along with this flyer to:

Kenneth Vercammen Law Office, NJ Personal Injury Law Center

2053 Woodbridge Ave, Edison, NJ 08817

Name: ____________________________________________Age: ________________

Email address: _____________________________________Sex (circle one) straight/other

Waiver of Injury: I hash for fun and admit if I get hurt it’s my own fault. I recognize that no one has insurance and agree not to file any type of claim or lawsuit ever.

_______________________________________________________________ ________________________________

Signature Date

DIRECTIONS: Directions
 [weekly directions 732-219-0301]

2008: the weather was 51° Two beer & spirit stops
http://groups.msn.com/RumsonHash/freezingcoldhash2008.msnw

2007: the weather was 70°
http://groups.msn.com/RumsonHash/freezingcoldhash2007.msnw

2006: the weather was 37°
http://groups.msn.com/RumsonHash/freezingcoldhash2006.msnw?albumlist=2

2005: the weather was 41° and raining
http://groups.msn.com/RumsonHash/freezingcoldhash2005.msnw

2004: the weather was 8° (really, really freezing cold)
http://www.dotphoto.com/GuestViewImage.asp?AID=1280654&IID=38995334

2003: the weather was 9 inches of snow

2002: the weather was 14 inches of snow

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Sentinel Article: http://ems.gmnews.com/news/2006/0111/Front_Page/022.html

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ANNUAL FREEZING COLD HASH RUN
SATURDAY  Jan. 5, 2008 10:00
4 -6 MILE GROUP RUN - GET OUT OF THE HOUSE
START:  Ken Vercammen Law Center, 2053 Woodbridge Ave., Edison, NJ

  Be cautious- this is woods running- not a nice road with course marshals. Warning: You may encounter the following hazards to slow you down: Wild Dogs, Rabid Raccoons, rats, marshes, Swamp gas, Sticker bushes, potential exercise, parts of trail underwater, destruction of running shoes and clothes from dirt, loud men over 50, secret trails and more. Brought to you by the Rumson Hash House Harriers- The group that brings you the famous Cheesequake Park Hashathon every November.

THE ON-ON SOCIALIZING  (POST RUN)
  As soon as we are finished, we participate in the "On-On" for beverages and socializing. We will visit the nearby Green Derby Bar on Woodbridge Ave, Edison-  Free beer for women 21-69, pretzels, more beer, restrooms, beer & heat. EXOTIC FOODS AVAILABLE, INCLUDING traditional Tentacles, Pigeon, AND MYSTERY ANIMAL.

DIRECTIONS: Directions
Directions to other weekly hashes held every Saturday at various locations in Monmouth and Middlesex Counties, call the Rumson Hash House Harriers Hot Line 732-219-0301

    Look for the Hasher banner and guys in old running clothes.    
   For information call Run "hare" Kenneth Vercammen, Esq. at 732-572-0500 days

Waiver of injury form for participants:  

 I hash for Fun and admit if I get hurt its my own fault. I recognize no one has insurance and agree not to file any type of claim or suit ever.

Never give up!
Food and prizes paid for by  
KENNETH  VERCAMMEN, Esq.     Fight for your Rights/
ATTORNEY AT LAW  2053 Woodbridge Ave.
Edison, NJ 08817
       732-572-0500                 www.njlaws.com

"The Attorney for the Athletes"     
- Lecturer on Personal Injury and Municipal/ Criminal
- Fast, aggressive representation against tickets

  First Place:  Indian Trials 3m 2005, 2004; Stroudsburg 5k 2005, 2004; Wildwood 5k, Ocean Winter 4 mile, Edison Lannie 5k, 2004; Washington DC Run for Justice 5K  2002
CJRR Age group  champ  2005,2004, 2002, 1996, 1995

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Q: What exactly happens on trail?

A: The trail is set by another Hasher called the Hare. The Hare marks the trail in flour or chalk. Periodically the Hare ends the trail with a "check", and starts the trail again somewhere nearby. The Hashers - called a Pack - try to find the continuation of the trail. The idea is that the fast runners will get to the check before the slower runners; will expend a lot of time and energy finding the continuation of the trail; this will allow the slower runners to catch up; and the whole pack - fast and slow - will finish the run at about the same time.

Flour on the ground, a tree, or other object means you are on the trail, except.......

-A circle marked in flour means a check mark, you need to search and find where the trail starts again.

-F marked in flour means false trail

-An arrow in flour means follow the arrow [possibly to stay on trail and avoid danger]

There is an explanation conducted by the Hare of the marks used at the start of each run. The length of the trail varies from too short to too long. Forty-five minutes for a good run, one and a half hours for a lousy one. Bring money on the run to be ready for the bar.

If there is snow on the ground, we often use orange, blue or yellow surveyor's tape. We tie the tape to tree branches. White flour does not appear on white snow. Sometimes we put the flour on the back or side of trees.

A typical Hash "kennel" is a loosely organized group of 20-40 men and women who meet weekly or biweekly to chase the Hare. We follow chalk, flour, or paper, and the trails are never boring. When forced to, we'll run streets or alleys, but in general we see shiggy . . . fields, forests, jungles, swamps, streams, fences, storm drains, and cliffs. And although some of today's health-conscious Hashers may shun a cold beer in favor of water or a diet soda, trail's end is still a party. Perhaps that's why they call us the "drinking club with a running problem!"

Q: What's an On-In?

A: That's the venue (usually a bar) where the trail ends and the party begins. Some bars have actually allowed us to come back for subsequent trails.

Q: The History of Hashing. Why is it called hashing?

A: Hashing . . . it's a mixture of athleticism and sociability, hedonism and hard work; a refreshing break from the nine-to-five routine. Hashing is an exhilaratingly fun combination of running, orienteering, and partying, where bands of Harriers and Harriettes chase Hares on eight-to-ten kilometer-long trails through town, country, jungle, and desert, all in search of exercise, camaraderie, and good times.

Hashing, as we know it today, began in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 1938, when a group of restive British company men started a hare & hounds running group. They named the group after their meeting place, the Selangor Club, aka the "Hash House." Hash House Harrier runs were patterned after the traditional British public school paper chase. A "Hare" would be given a short head start to blaze a trail, marking his devious way with shreds of paper, soon to be pursued by a shouting pack of "Harriers." Only the Hare knew where he was going . . . the Harriers followed his marks to stay on trail. Apart from the excitement of chasing down the wily Hare, solving the Hare's marks and reaching the end was its own reward, for there, thirsty Harriers would find a tub of iced-down beer.

Hashing died during World War II (Japanese occupying forces being notoriously opposed to civilian fun), but came back to life in the post-war years, spreading slowly through Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, and New Zealand, then exploding in popularity in the late 70s and early 80s. Today there are thousands of Hash House Harrier clubs in all parts of the world, complete with newsletters, directories, and regional and world Hashing conventions. Despite its growth, Hashing hasn't strayed far from its British and Malaysian roots.

The above info from: http://web.hashnyc.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=42

[weekly directions to Rumson Hash 732-219-0301}

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DIRECTIONS TO HASH RUN AND KEN VERCAMMEN'S OFFICE/ NJ PERSONAL INJURY LAW CENTER

U.S. Highway 1 North (from South Brunswick/Trenton)
  Use the "Fords" exit for Route 514 East (first exit after Morris Goodkind bridge over Raritan River).  On Route 514 East (Woodbridge Avenue), proceed to the next traffic light.  After light and Green Derby Bar, our office is on the left side, next to Kal's Deli. Park on Woodbridge Ave, near Green Derby.
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U.S. Highway 1 South (from Woodbridge)
  Pass Wick Plaza & Pathmark.  Take exit for Route 514 East jug handle (Woodbridge Ave.).
Take bridge over Route 1 to  514/Woodbridge Ave. On Route 514 East (Woodbridge Avenue), proceed to the next traffic light.  After light and Green Derby Bar, our office is on the left side, next to Kal's Deli. Park on Woodbridge Ave, near Green Derby.
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Garden State Parkway North (From Shore area)
  Use Exit 127 (440/287) and follow signs for Interstate 287 North.
Proceed for approximately one half mile on 287(stay on right side).  Look for West 514 Bonhampton section of Edison.
Follow signs for Route 514 West onto 514/ Woodbridge Avenue.
Proceed approximately 4 miles.  Our office is on the right, 3 houses past Plainfield Ave. and the small Nixon Post Office. Park on Woodbridge Ave, near Green Derby.
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Garden State Parkway South  
Take Exit 130 to U.S. Highway 1 South.  Follow directions from Route 1 South.
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New Jersey Turnpike (North and South)
Take Exit 10. After toll, follow signs to Highland Park/Route 514 West /Raritan Center.
Get on Rt 514 west, which is Woodbridge Avenue.  Go approx. 4 miles.
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Interstate Highway 287 North (From Somerville area)
Exit at West Route 514 (Woodbridge Avenue). follow signs to Highland Park/Route 514/Raritan Center. Get on Rt 514, which is Woodbridge Avenue.  Go approx. 4 miles.
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Interstate Highway 287 South (Rt. 440 from Staten Island)
Exit at Route 514 West (Woodbridge Avenue).  Follow sign for Raritan Center, Middlesex County College and Bonhampton section of Edison. Follow signs to  /Route 514
Get on Rt 514, which is Woodbridge Avenue.  Go approx. 4 miles.

Instructions for the 10th Annual Freezing Cold Hash Run

START: Ken Vercammen Law Office
2053 Woodbridge Ave., Edison, NJ

Post Event Party: Green Derby Bar