So, you’ve decided to take matters into your own hands and hare a trail for So Happy It’s Tuesday! Whether this is your first time haring, or you’ve hared numerous times in the past, please read through these guidelines below, as some of the information has been changed. We want to make sure our trails are good, adequate for night running, and don't get too many wankers lost!  ANY of the mismanagement are ALWAYS available to hare with you, practice with you, or provide any other type of support if you feel the least bit uncomfortable.  If you have any questions or need any type of help for your trail, please do not hesitate to contact me.  Thanks for your support of the So Happy Hash.

(1) DIRECTIONS
Please send directions, co-hares, start location, finish location, and on-on-on to the Hareraiser no later than one week before your trail for posting and update of PUD-JAM0.   Also send just the directions to start to Hareraiser.

(2) ALL TRAILS ARE LIVE HARED
This means you might be haring in the dark and laying a suitable trail for the wankers to follow in the dark.  If you have not hared a night trail before, be sure to contact me (or any of the mismanagement) for additional advice.  Also, if this is your first time haring, it is strongly advised that you have a veteran co-hare (mis-management is always happy to help!).

(3) START, FINISH, BEER CHECK, ON-ON-ON
Hares are responsible for scouting trail, identifying start and finish, laying out beer check, and arranging an on-on-on.  Please note that school yards may NOT be used as a start and/or finish location!   We have been using "Barefoot Pelican" in Sterling as the default on-on-on.  Please let Tupperware (Valerie Straub) know if you'd like to use Barefoot Pelican to help arrange to have a dedicated waiter/waitress there for the hash.  Feel free to use any other establishment as well, but make sure they are open late on Tuesdays!  It is encouraged for the hares to try and score beer and/or food specials from the establishment.  Don’t forget to contact them a day or two prior as a reminder. 

(4) LENGTH OF TRAIL
Please try to keep the runners trails less than one hour. Otherwise it cuts into our drinking time.

(5) PRIVATE PROPERTY
Please stay off private property or get EXPLICIT permission to run on it.  This includes back yards of town house communities with large barking dogs and bitter, disgruntled old women who like calling the police for shits & giggles.

(6) WALKERS TRAIL
A walkers trail is required for each hash.  We've been getting big turn outs for walkers, and we want them to keep coming back.  You may put the walkers on part of the runners trail.  There are no expectations that the terrain for the walkers will be easier than the runners.  (Typically, we have been having the walkers stay on the runner's trail until beer-check, and then give them a shorter trail to finish.)

(7) BAG VEHICLE
Hares are responsible for arranging their own bag vehicle.  If you do not have a suitable bag vehicle, please let mismanagement know, and we will help you find a truck.

(8) REFRESHMENTS
Mismanagement will provide the refreshments and snacks at start & finish, BUT NOT the beer check.

(9) MONEY
Hares do not pay for the trail, but they are not reimbursed for flour or the beer check. 

(10) GEOGRAPHY
The geographic area for trails for the So Happy Hash is loosely defined as the Tysons-Leesburg-Manassas triangle.  If you are running significantly outside of this area, please let me know, and I will frown at you and ask you to find a trail within our geographic area.

(11) BEFORE HARES AWAY
Before you lead us into the dark scary woods of Sterling, please find the Hareraiser to get dye for your flower and chalk.  We also should review the basic symbols you will use and any instructions that should be given to the pack.  I need to make sure chalk talk teaches the visitors and virgins the correct symbols used on that night's trail.

(12) SYMBOLS
Because we are getting a lot of virgins and visitors, I'd like to standardize the symbols used to mark trail, and to keep chalk talk simple (and accurate). (See chart)

Please do not use any symbols for double-meanings.  For example, a True Trail Runners should not also be a Bad Trail for the walkers.  The Wankers aren't that smart.  Please clearly mark your symbols on trail.  No need to confuse the Wankers even more than the beer has impaired them. 

Thanks!  On-on,

Hareraiser