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FREEZING
COLD HASH RUN
4 -6 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: kenvnjlaws@verizon.net
(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
Sentinel
Article: http://ems.gmnews.com/news/2006/0111/Front_Page/022.html
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
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}
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
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