Special Events

Hash Run

Mobile Health Expo will be hosting the first ever Hash Run. It's free and open to anyone who is willing to participate. Make sure to bring comfortable shoes and your good spirits! Here is how it is going to work:

• Read your first clue and run to that destination
• Find the next clue and run to that destination
• Keep following the clues until you discover the surprise

This is going to be a fun way to exercise, network , and see the sights of New York City! We hope to see you there!

History of the Hash Run

Hashing originated in December 1938 in Kuala Lumpur, then in the Federated Malay States (now Malaysia), when a group of British colonial officers and expatriates began meeting on Monday evenings to run, in a fashion patterned after the traditional British Paper Chase or "Hare and Hounds", to rid themselves of the excesses of the previous weekend. The original members included, Albert Stephen (A.S.) Ignatius "G" Gispert, Cecil Lee, Frederick "Horse" Thomson, Ronald "Torch" Bennett and John Woodrow. A. S. Gispert is recognised as the Father of Hashing, and All-Around Grand Master-Hasher.

After meeting for some months, they were informed by the Registrar of Societies that as a "group," they would require a Constitution and an official name. A. S. Gispert suggested the name "Hash House Harriers" after the Selangor Club Annex, where the men were billeted, known as the "Hash House" for its notoriously monotonous food. Apart from the excitement of chasing the hare and finding the trail, harriers reaching the end of the trail would be rewarded with beer, ginger beer and cigarettes.

Being a health conference, we will not be providing cigarettes at the end... but there will be a fun surprise!