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Miami-Dade joggers make a beer run
Hundreds of laid-back runners are taking jogging to another level, if not new highs. If you join, bring your own bottle opener.
Posted on Mon, Aug. 13, 2007

A lone hasher follows the trail in the twilight at Haulover Park Marina north of Miami Beach.


A group of screaming runners makes its way through the streets of South Beach. Restaurant patrons look up from their meals with startled expressions.
One runner blows on a conch shell.
Others chant, ``On, On!''
At the halfway mark in the five-mile run they stop at a bar called Lost Weekends to hydrate themselves -- with beer.

These are the Hash House Harriers -- not runners with a drinking problem, but drinkers with a running problem. Or so they say.
Once a week, the hashers partake in a run that is equal parts scavenger hunt, pub crawl and social gathering.
''I love it,'' said Rich Aube, a 35-year-old real estate agent from Dania Beach who has been hashing for four months. ``I like to run and I don't mind drinking.''
The Miami-Fort Lauderdale chapter has about 300 registered members, a group that includes a National Hurricane Center meteorologist, a Broward County School Board member, a journalist, Navy officers and a dog. They range in age from 21 to 58. Most are men.
The hash started more than 70 years ago by Army officers living in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia.
For the modern-day hashers, either a pub or a beer-stocked cooler awaits the end of the run.

Through expatriate communities around the world and those who love knocking back a beer or two, running and a dirty joke, the ritual has evolved into an intricate society complete with a bible, an anthem and websites like www.gthhh.com. There are 1,834 chapters registered in their online directory, in 178 countries and every American city. There are even chapters in Antarctica.
''Some of us are marathon runners,'' said Michael Tichacek, 43, a National Hurricane Center meteorologist from Miami.
``Some of us are beer drinkers. But the best part is nobody wins or loses. You just show up.''