Korea Hashathon 2024 - Day 5

It was a two-fer day. Two trails of hot and humid fun. First trail was the English as a Second Language H3. South Korean hashing has a strong military influence, but it also has a large international teacher community, and they love to hash too. The ESLH3 marks trail using the letters, usually in order . . . E . . . S . . . L. They also make their true trail marks with the letters. This was another excellent trail, very well marked, and fun. It rained off and on, but we eventually all regathered at the end, had a quick circle, then it was off to the train station to get to the second trail of the day.

Trail 2 was a fun 7 km night trail with the Seoul Full Moon H3. One of the first trails I ran in Korea when I first got here back in 1997, was co-haring trail #3 with Running Bare (who I knew from Virginia) on the SFMH3. Always loved hashing at night / in the dark. Just seems to add to the mystery of finding trail. This was another excellent dash through the city, with a considerable amount of shiggy as well. By the time we all finished, had a quick circle, and started to head back home, it was getting late. So had a little trouble getting the train back, so just jumped in an Uber and made a bee-line for a hot shower. Had to do some late night laundry as well, since I am burning through 3-4 shirts per day with multiple trails.

5 Day tally, now 8 trails (and one beer mile) for a total of 51 kms.Read more