Beer for Hydration? Maybe You Need Wrist Beer Bottles

Hash Harriers have been mixing running and beer for decades.

Beer wrist bottles for runners

Now it appears researchers have proof that beer is better for runners than water for replacing lost fluids. So maybe you need some beer wrist bottles filled with your favorite brand instead of water.

Beer after a workout

Granada University in Spain tested 25 students in their medical facility over several months and came to the conclusion that beer helped people absorb fluids more quickly post workout. This may be due to the salts, sugars and bubbles in beer. And also the fact that the carbohydrates help replace lost calories due to intense physical exercise.

Professor Manuel Garzon asked subjects to run on a treadmill almost to the point of exhaustion. Then half of the runners were given 2 pints of beer, while the other half received water. Rehydration in the beer test group was slightly better than the water test group.

Hash House Harriers

For beer drinkers like the Hash Harriers, that’s good news. They bill themselves as a “drinking club with a running problem”. Hashers participate in an old game of hares and hounds, which is a non-competitive race with clues and a beer gathering and sing-a-long at the end. There are thousands of Hash Harrier clubs in the world, and even Hash Harrier newsletters, magazines and conventions. At any given time somewhere in the world, there is a Hash going on, sometimes with runners in costume, but almost always with a beer in hand.

swiggies, wrist beer containers are a great way to drink your beer along the way without detection. In cities where you aren’t allowed to carry an open container of beer, swiggies beer wrist bottles are perfect. They hold 11 ounces total and don’t weigh enough to slow you down.

The added cold beer on your wrists also helps lower body temperature. And now that science has deemed it a better way to rehydrate, Hashers everywhere can rejoice.

 

 

 

 

Hash House Harriers – Drinking Club With a Running Problem

If you mention the words “red dress run” to someone and they don’t know what it means, they obviously have never heard of hashing. The Hash House Harriers tagline is “a drinking club with a running problem”. Even though there are thousands of Hash House Harrier clubs around the world, it’s still a secret to most people. Even for those who have heard of it, the club remains a mystery.

Hash House Harriers drinking club

Almost any day of the year, in almost any part of the world there’s probably a Hash going on somewhere. There are about 2000 Hash House Harrier chapters on all 7 continents. Each chapter usually has between 20 and 100 members. The running events are all non-competitive and almost all involve running and beer, usually at the same time.

Hash Harriers running club

The Hash House Harriers running club was started in 1938 in Kuala Lumpur. The idea of hashing was suspended during the war and Japanese occupation, shortly after the war it resumed again and hasn’t slowed down since. There are clubs with men, women, men and women, and ones with families and kids.

The hash begins with the “hares” laying down a trail and is followed by the “hounds” trying to stay on the trail without running into false trails and dead ends. The end of the trail is often called the On-After or the On-Down and is where everyone gets a chance to socialize. Along the way there are usually beer stops (beer checks) and some beer drinking on the run. The most common term they use is “on-on”, which means they are on the right trail. It’s also the logo used by hashers, along with the symbol of a human foot.

Red Dress Run

Hashers will often carry whistles or loud horns to communicate with each other. Many hashes allow costumes, like the famous Red Dress Run, which is usually held annually by different chapters. Legend has it that a woman showed up at a hash wearing a red dress, unaware that it was a running event, but she wore the dress anyway. Now hashers of both sexes wear a red dress at these events, which draw large crowds in every major city.

The Circle

The hash ends with something called the “circle”. This is a more formal gathering where hashers socialize, sing drinking songs, get their new hash names, and catch up on the latest hash news. Before you’ve officially been given your hash name you will be referred to as no name.

As you’ve probably figured out by now, a hash is mostly just a fun, non competitive way to blow off some steam, get some exercise, and of course, drink some beer!