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Calendar of runs and triathlete training/events in and near Abu Dhabi this running season

Hash House Harriers in Abu Dhabi
Wasps, Island, and Mainland Contacts

The 3 hashes in Abu Dhabi:

 Ode to departed hashers: Farewell Barrie, and Paula and Harry, and best of luck wherever you're stuck!!

• Wasps Hash: a small (15-25) friendly group. Runs are in town at the usual sites (you learn those quick enough). Until you get your own chariot, you can usually get a cab to the runs. A run is 10 dhms, 15 if you're eating. After the jog, the group retires to someone's house or another venue for a meal, byob unless it's at a club. If you're new in town and don't have your special medicaments permit, people share. This is a small, informal, and relaxed HHH. There is a toast to the HHH after each run, but that's the extent of the ceremony. This here's the website, and it has a netword for easy memorization, http://www.netword.com/*auh3
• The Mainland Hash is usually off island and you need a car or a lift and around 45 min to reach the usual sites. This HHH has the reputation of making participants sit on a block of ice (occasionally, to be fair). Even if they do bring out the ice, and if you're just visiting, and unless you're a complete arse and asking for it, you will likely be spared. This hash provides food and beverage in return for a contribution, and entertains participants via a Religious Advisor (RA) hence the ice. Web site, http://www.mainlandhash.com
• The Island Hash is sometimes accessible by cab. It charges 30 dhms for run, meal and unlimited supply of the beverages you would expect, 25 dhms for members (250 dirhams if paying quarterly), and 10 dhms for kiddiwinks (I believe there's been a price increase, but this is the ballpark figure). You don't have to join to attend. There's a Hash Words, an on-on at someone's house if not at the run site itself, and entertainment is provided by a Religious Advisor in the middle of a circle of sweaty bodies. Newcomers get a down down and a song, but hashits, if given at all, are almost always to someone well known within the group. NOTE avoid: yellow t-shirts, new shoes.  Website: http://www.geocities.com/auh4

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