Asbury Park Polar Bear Races

Three lonely Highlands Hashers made their way down to Asbury Park to compete in the 50^th Annual Polar Bear Races.

Freezing  cold rain and fierce winds off the Atlantic could not stop Jason and Sean from setting new PRs at the five mile distance. 

Awards were presented at the very posh Berkley Carteret Hotel.    

No pizza eating challenge this year, but a post-race celebration was had at the Anchor’s Bend Bar  inside the Convention Hall.   

Here are the official results.  

Sean   10^th overall  30:33, PR,   Age Group Award and Plunge

Jason, 11^th overall , 30:57. PR and Plunge,

Bob, 54^th overall,  36:31  No award, No PR, and No Plunge. 

Something for everyone at Par Hills Alumni 5k

The club had a good turn out in full support of the first annual Parsippany Hills Cross Country Alumni Run. Hope to see more people next year! Spread the word.

2013, a very good year.

Highlights for this year's racing include:

Clinton Township Country Run 15K: 1:02:28 (new PR)
Newport 10,000: 39:15.0 (new PR)
Rockaway Rotary 5K: 1st age group.
White Meadow Lake 5K: 1st overall.
Jimmy D 5K: 3rd age group.
Sussex County Sheriff's Crimestoppers 10K: 2nd age group.
PAN Classic 5K: 1st overall.
Newport Liberty Waterfront Half Marathon: 1:27:57 (new PR)
The Steeplechase Distance Run: 18:18.0 (new 5K Road PR), 1st age group.
Mendham Harvest Hustle 5K: 1st age group.
USATF-NJ 5K XC CHAMPIONSHIP: 18:16.0 (5K XC PR)
Giralda Farms 5K: 1st age group. 

HASHATHON !

   Congratulations to Gonad for winning the first
place Hasher award, as you can see he got some "pie"
for his efforts !
   As always it was a fun day, and it was nice to see Ron
and his son Mark out with us . Of course the beer on trail
was nice also, however I'm a little skeptical about that 2nd
beer check, we noticed O'Doul bottles ....... ON - ON

Hash-O-Ween (or the day we all went Eagle)

Well, I think everyone had a good time. Leave a comment.

Parsippany Hills Alumni X-C Run Announced

Parsippany Hills High School is going to have its first Alumni 5K run!!! It will be November 30th at 10am at Greystone Central Park (the site of our conference and county cross country meets as well as the alternating site for the State Sectionals). All runners and walkers are welcome!!!! Burn off those Thanksgiving calories!!!! Website for registration: http://register.njtrailseries.com/search/event.aspx?id=23658 This is our Booster fund raiser for Cross Country it is open to everyone (not just former PHHS runners and graduates) we are hoping all runners and walkers in the area for the holiday will join in the fun!!! There will be an award for the first alumni in though!!!!

October 13th Madness

 Congratulations hashers, for some great races on Sunday October 13th !  

                                      Chicago Marathon
                  
                                      Bob Shields   3:29:14

                             Shades of Death Half-Marathon

                           Jeff Perry       1:28:48    13th Overall
                      Bob Skorupski    1:30:56    23rd Overall


    Also welcome back from Afghanistan Luis ! 

          Hope to see everyone at Hash-o-ween on the 27th !  On-On

MoMa 2013

Taking off the kicks after landing a 2nd place finish at the Mountain Madness 50K (5:15:15) Race report can be found here. Also mad props to Jason (9th 5:45:13) Sean for his gutsy run and eventual DNF, and Jeff for his 40m 10K on the same day.

Highlands Hashers Have a Great September

                  Congratulations Hashers !

Mountain Madness 50K  September 28th

2nd Overall   Andy Siegmund  5:15:15
9th Overall     Jason Friedman   5:45:13

Lehigh Valley Marathon  September 8th

Jeff Perry    3:13:21

Liberty Waterfront Half-Marathon   September 22nd

Bob Skorupski   1:27:58

 ...... and to all those who came out to support the Hash for Aidan on September 22nd.....

                                               Thank You  !

Andy in crayon

at Hibernia Diner - JB original

R2C 2013

River to Sea 2013, Jeff, Sean, John, JB, Andy, Bob and Jeff ran the full distance from Milford to Manasquan in 10h29m25s placing 19th overall, 20th elapsed time with 58 passes along the way. To quote the great philosopher Gaitan: "Outstanding!"

Mike B suggests...

The 5th Annual Hamilton School Community 5K will take place on Sunday, September 29, 2013.  We would greatly appreciate the Highland Hashers Clubs support by listing the below details on your club's event calendar:

5th Annual Hamilton School Community 5K

380 Harristown Road, Glen Rock

Sunday, September 29, 2013

8:30am

5K (USATF certified, sanctioned & 500 point Grand Prix Event) & 1 mile Family Fun Run.  The 5K is a fast and flat out and back course.

On-line registration - www.runsignup.com/hsc5k

Event details - www.hamiltonhsa.com/pages/5k.aspx

HH52 - Sean in Winter

On February 10, 2013, Sean ran a 5k in the snow, BAREFOOT. Here is the long awaited proof. The first video is the more watchable, shortened, with a soundtrack. The second is the full uncut version. (and yes, I know I put the full-frontal commentary portions in the wrong lap count.... this is entertainment people!) And thanks for the Aruba Rum!

Fitzgerald's 1928 Lager Run

With an average time of 19:39.39, the Highlands Hashers Men 40 team squeaked out a 10th place finish.  This is it, boys, we now have a point on the board!

Our next opportunities to score as a team are at the USATF-NJ XC 5k on August 11th, and after that the Liberty Waterfront 1/2M on September 22nd.  Both races are open to all divisions, so non-Masters runners can also get involved in the action.  Talk to Dave Franz if you have any interest in running either (or both!) of these races. 

Special thanks to Gene Mizzoni - who ran 20 miles this morning and still managed to show up just moments before the starting gun, allowing us to score at all. 

On - on.

Commitment

One among us sent in this image. Can you guess who it is?

The Roaming Gnome

The Sunday Long Runs have begun. Join Gene on almost any given Sunday up on some cinder trail. Columbia, Sussex, or Paulinskill. Last Sunday was Paulinskill at 6:00 a.m. We ran until we reached the fabled "Lord of the Rings" section and returned for 18 slow miles. You have the option of going shorter, as did JB who did 14. Just like Guinness, the Long slow miles will give you strength! Dave ran a sub 41 10k the very next day.

Bear Mountain Race Report

Andy's race report from the NF Bear Mountain 50 miler can be found here: http://andrewsiegmund.blogspot.com/2013/05/race-report-tnf-bear-mountain-2013.html

Special Thanks to Gino, Dave and Sean for dealing with my generally terrible mood all day. Also, for slinging bottles, pacing, retrieving singlets, and providing aid, you guys are champs.

Michelle finished the half
Jeff finished the marathon 3:22

Congratulations Jason and Andy

Andy finished 24th in 9:35:38 and was delayed 6 minutes by a wayward pack of trailrunners
Jason finished 30th in 9:56:30 and was delayed 20 minutes by a rattle snake on trail
Gene ruined a perfectly good shirt - photos at the holiday party
Dave was not permitted to sing on trail
Sean is itching to run the course barefoot

Really?!

20.7 aid station - which one is the IPA?

Michelle ran the 5K
Jeff ran the marathon 3:21

Aid Station 2

fell back due to trail misdirection?!

Does this pose make me look fat?

Woods And Lakes 10k

A gorgeous day for a run. Franz and Shields 2d and 3d overall. Barbach 3d in age group. Champagne for all! Clem and Sheila did well respectively. Yes, perhaps we should have been at Clinton Country Run if we had a 5th old guy. ... Any old guys out there? Meet us at 400 Morris Ave on Thursdays at 7:00

He's Back.....

Coming off of Allamuchy

Longest Day Anyone ?

    Count me in for longest day if we get this beauty, at $40,000 its a steal !        

A great hash...

...or the greatest hash? 

Now, please discuss amongst yourselves. 

Winter Storm Nemo

Spring is sooner than you think.  The Miles for Music 20K is just a month away!

Tammany

Freezing Cold Hash

The contrariety between the before and after photo is striking.

New Years Day

We met at the usual Thursday night spot for our annual New Years Day run.












Afterwards, we have our barely earned post-run breakfast at the Diner. 







We sure look like we have a lot of fun.  Won't you come join us sometime?