Hare Guide

The hash survives from week to week as a result of everybody taking his or her turn to be a hare and lay a trail. It is a real challenge to research and lay a good trail with the aim of outwitting the pack of runners - the hounds. It can then be very satisfying to watch them find their way around your trail. The overall aim should be to keep together a pack composed of different standard runners through judicious trail laying and the use of short cuts.

The objective of the hash is to lay a circular flour/Chalk trail from a starting to form an interesting run that ends up at the beer stop. The trail should take between 1 hour to run and 1 and 1/4 hours to walk with well-planned checks and the occasional more difficult check to allow the slower runners to catch up, thus keeping the pack together. A re-group can also be incorporated to bring the pack back together. Further instructions can be issued there as necessary. Trails should be laid by pairs of hares and not singly.

As the Jeonju Hash are fare weather people (we are the aliens of Hash) we start at 14:00 from the first Saturday in march (unless raining of course) through to the last Saturday of May, Then from the first Saturday in June we start at 16.00 through to the last month of november (we reserve the right to make changes to schedule so best to contact us the day before just in case).

• Jeonju course: Is a city based run, making use of the lit streets if evening run is set and interconnecting footpaths where the use of a torch maybe necessary. Some trails make use of the surrounding villages / country footpaths and other public rights of way.

Hares' Responsibilities

The responsibilities of the hare are:

• Research and lay a trail starting from the appointed starting point to commence at 14.00.
• Brief the runners of any hazards on the trail such as livestock in the fields and of any unusual trail markings.
• Keep pack together
• Make sure everybody gets back to the beer point.
• Mark the trail for latecomers. Carry some flour with you on the run to lay arrows from the beer point.

Researching the Trail

• Pick a good point where you think you can set a good trail from (if The Hammer hasn't already picked one for you). 
• Obtain a good map for the area: use one so that you can grade the distance accurately.
• Plan a route using the map picking out suitable places for checks, re-groups and short cuts. The trail should be approximately 6 km long.
• Walk or run the trail several times to familiarise yourself and your fellow hare with the trail. Remember that a one hour hash will take over two hours to walk.
• Plan the trail around footpaths and other public rights of way try and use the check points in public areas (nothing more funnier that a new boot "virgin" doing turns with their finger in the air shouting "this is my first time, I'm a virgin in a traditional okey kokey style for 5 turns"). The use of private land must be by consent only. 
• Use the geography of the area to confuse the pack's sense of direction.
• Avoid long straight runs between checks, as this will just space the pack out.
• Include a few loops for the faster runners to keep the pack together.
• Checks should occur every 300 to 500 metres or so but at varied intervals and, if possible, at natural check points. The trail should start up again within about 30 to 50 metres and anywhere in a 360 degree circle, i.e. "BACK CHECKS" are allowed.
• Pick a safe location for the beer stop and plan how the beer and snack fectcher can get there or work out shortcut to it during the hash. 

Laying the Trail

• It will usually take two hares at least 3 hours to lay the trail and will use at least 5 bags of flour if you use chalk make sure its not classrooom type.
• If possible lay the trail immediately before the hash. This will eliminate the possibility of it being washed away, sabotaged or eaten.
• Before laying the trail consider hiding some flour en-route so that you have less to carry with you.
• If using flour lay the trail with cooking flour.
• In damp conditions trails can also be laid in sawdust, chalk or whiting (used to mark the white lines on football pitches). The latter two can be mixed with flour for economy. For health reasons do not be tempted to use Lime.
• Remember if you use chalk on the city pavements it will still be there many weeks later: very confusing for subsequent hashes so make sure before you use chalk that no hashes are near that area, if their is then only use flour.
• Flour blobs can be on the ground, fence-posts, trees and garden walls etc. and should be every 20 or 30 yards. In open country the spacing needs to be closer, especially when changing direction.

Markings

On the day

• Brief the runners of any hazards on the trail such as livestock in the fields and of any unusual trail markings or bemused Koreans looking puzzled when laying the trail.
• Mark the trail with arrows from the start point for late-comers. A liquid bottle or cycle water bottle can be very useful for this. On some terrain the check circles can be cut in the direction of the trail.
• Group the hounds in to packs of 5-6 try and put one or two newbies in each pack and explain the club rule for "virgins".  
• It is always wise to have one of the hares bringing up the rear looking after the slower runners (I know can be difficult to gauge as walkers can catch upwith runners and come ahead of the pack.
• If in doubt - consult the The Hammer or ask an experienced hasher (be aware they might not be helpful) for help.

Remember: The main objective is to keep the pack together.

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