Hares: Hardly and Twisty
Location: Hardly and Twisty’s Place NW
104 Bermuda Way NW, Calgary, AB T3K 1G9
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RA: Skewbic Hair
Attendance: 14

Boxing Shorts Run on Boxing Day
The Beginning
A tradition in the Calgary Hash is to conduct a Boxing Day Run after Christmas, which hashers adorned with boxer shorts, a box, or other costume to celebrate this special day.
As this is an afternoon run, no headlights required. The group assembled at the Hardly Twisty residence in the NW community of Beddington.
The group of intrepid daytime hashers assembled in the Boxing day finery in anticipation of the run. With Boxer shorts and other box themed costume, the group was ready to run.
Conveniently, hashers Dirty Dancer and Mouthful live across the street from Hardly and Twisty. Not only were they in attendance, but the hash used their driveway for the circle!









In the absence of anyone that looked like a Hash master, Hash mattress or Past-it-master, Booty Camp conducted the circle. She know the correct number for the run and went through the introductions.
Booty Camp introduced the hares and we were given a description of the marks to expect for this run. Circles were replaced by squares The group needed some time to figure out what this meant, but eventually figured out that the squares were in fact boxes.





The hash was released to find the check backs that Hardly had placed at the beginning to destabilize the pack. Eventually, true trail was discovered and followed
The Trail
Beddington is on the side of Nose Hill. As such, there is an overabundance of uphill that was delivered to the group. No getting away from it.
Through the sidewalks, streets alleys and pathways, marks were in abundance.




Eventually, we were delivered to a plateau with a view of the airport. A group photo of those that chose to be part of the running faction.
The hair did not want us to think that the viewpoint was the peak of the run, there was more uphill to be discovered and the distance increased.


Some of the pathway features were quite interesting. Apparently, it is good practice to chain up your buffalo statue to prevent theft.


Rashy Bush was out to set a personal best with her speed and perseverance. How to go from front of the pack to the back of the pack with the discovery of some key check backs.


The walkers provided some evidence of live hares on the trail, plus some interesting Christmas decorations.


Thankfully, it was all downhill to the regroup where beverages and snacks were available.
The down down’s were conducted in the garage. A good choice instead of making a mess in the kitchen!
The Down Down’s
Skewbic Hair was pre-selected to be the religious advisor for the afternoon. He solicited material from the group and imagined a program for the celebration.
Normally tied up with photo taking for the run, Scoobie offloaded the task to Tighty Whitey for the down down’s.
Scoobie requested that the group think of songs, as a choir was a bit much for the special group. The hares were called up first and we sang them a fine song about the shitty trail.


A number of offences were observed on trail and a series of down down’s were delivered,









The photographer declared that we needed a group photo to share with those that were not able to be here is person. Look at all the fun they missed!
With everything complete, it was time for Scoobie to declare “on the piss” so we could move on to the feasting portion of the day.
The Hardly Twisty’s put on a fine feast of pot luck goodies. Very yummy and tasty. Nothing like a big feast in the afternoon to bulk up for the post Christmas season!
Trail Summary
A challenging trail through the hilly neighbourhoods, lasting somewhere between 5 and 6 kms. Great views and plenty of uphill!
Hash Extra
As you may or may not be aware, the is the location that donated the Christmas tree to the Alberta government MacDougall School this year.


Ask Auntie Frank if he has any idea how this happened……