Red Dress Runs
Around the World
Denver
A pack of 55 gathered at Benny's Lounge on west Colorado Avenue, all but one sporting their finest
frilly findings from the local thrifts. Benny's regular Saturday barflies looked on in amusement
and uncertainty while beers were consumed and fashion critiques were exchanged; passing traffic
slowed to view the strange scene outside the front door, and the barkeep reported several phone
calls from the unenlightened and curious.
On-out at 2:30, with a photo stop around the corner at the rear entrance of the Hide & Seek,
then down the path and up the creek bank for the first beer check a quarter mile later.
Now properly lubricated, the hounds took in a scenic 3.5 mile tour of downtown Colorado
Springs, with additional photo stops at Mr. Big's Diner, the County Sheriff's detention
center, the front steps of City Hall, the Christian Science reading room, and the entrance
to the local Womens' Club. Along the banks then of Fountain Creek to a second beer check at
the edge of Monument Valley Park, to a final photo stop at the old train depot behind
Antler's Park, before completing the trail at No Girth's workplace under the Colorado
Avenue bridge.
Red Dress Recap 14 September 2002
Washington,
DC
"All that was required on Saturday was some sort of red outfit, but most participants -- 470 in
all, nearly 75% men -- went further. The selections ran the gamut from a demure,
long-sleeved shift with white collar and cuffs to a red bustier; a see-through negligee
with a skimpy lace bodysuit; a flouncy house dress in an African print with
matching headdress; and a long, slinky number with black hat, pearls and long gloves."
The Wall Street Journal, September 30, 1997
One D.C. Race Is Not Political: It's More Like a Running Joke
By ELIZABETH SEAY
Los
Angeles
They donned gay apparel, blew whistles, sounded horns and raised their voices
like cacophonous choirs of not-so-heavenly hosts. They slalomed through the crowds
that packed the shopping malls of Costa Mesa. It was the first day of winter and
the last shopping weekend before Christmas, but it was the same ol' same ol'
for the Hash House Harriers.
- The Los Angeles Times, 12.24.97
Frankfurt
The trail (of destruction) will lead through ethnic neighbourhoods with beer
stops dedicated to a country or a region. Frankfurt is Germany’s most
multi-cultural city, so if you fancy drinking Sapporo at the
Japan Center, Tsingtoa in the lovely Chinese garden or rather dance
holding a Zywiec at the well-known Polish embassy or simply want to
enjoy an Efes playing with the local Turkish soccer team, then let
us take you on a city tour of the “unusual kind”.
Montreal
Some whistles blew and we took off like hockey pucks,
finding our way around the streets of Montreal's diverse
neighborhoods. I was the FRB for some time until,
recognizing that there's no adventure without risk, I
decided to run through a false mark and zen trail for awhile. This turned out to be a
debacle of monumental proportions as I soon lost the pack and found myself wondering
around an unfamiliar city wearing a red dress with no money, no phone, and a sign in
French around my neck that said something to the effect of, "I am an arrogant American.
Please feel free to beat me and bum r@pe me, but return me to the MH3 when you are done."
I eventually found the hashers again and joined the other FRBs, Plastic Jesus, Hung
Like a Jew and Mom's Cumming.
Hash Trash by Master Gator, Boston HHH
Theme: Montreal Red Dress Run Weekend
Date: July 25-27, 2003
Edmonton
DRINKERS WITH A RUNNING PROBLEM, By CHAD HUCULAK
"The charitable Red Dress Run that last year attracted more than 220 participants and
raised $16,000 for the Edmonton Emergency Relief Services Fund."
"We come across the hash-hold, a car parked in the corner of a gravel parking lot
underneath the LRT bridge, where we wait for the other runners and, more importantly,
someone with the keys to the car for the booze, to arrive. An older gentleman (named,
I soon learn, Dildo Baggins) with a grey beard and no shirt comes jogging down a hill.
“They must be using awfully expensive flour,” he says in between gasps, “Because
they’re using it sparingly.”
Tasmania
THE State Government is considering removing a 64-year-old law that makes it illegal
for men in Tasmania to dress as women in public between sunset and sunrise.
The fundraiser for the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Tasmania will see about
1000 "hashers", including participants from around the world - both male and
female - step into their best red dresses to run through inner-Hobart streets.
The Mercury
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
January 19, 2000
Madison
Boozy Runners Don Wedding Garb - Apr 11, 2005 7:56 am US/Central
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Around 50 people gave new meaning to the term runaway bride when they
donned matrimonial regalia and ran through town, sometimes stopping traffic.
“It’s very important to revert to infantile behavior for one day a week if you’re
forced to be an adult for the other six,” said veteran hasher Marc Brand,
who wore a veil and tutu. “It’s therapeutic.”
Indiana
Singapore
Hawaii
Virginia
Hong Kong
New Orleans
Copenhagen
Buckingham
Ottawa
Niagara
Vienna
Melbourne
