MCH3 #759 Marathong Water Stop and Pub Crawl

Marathong Water Stop and Pub Crawl

Flush, PE and Quack 

MCH3 #759 Marathong Water Stop and Pub Crawl

Hey, Wankers! It’s Rock ‘N’ Roll Marathon week and time to join MCH3 as we celebrate racist behavior in our fair city. Sorry for the LONG email but it has all the info you need about the water stop and trail, so please read ON ON to the end.

MCH3 MARATHON WATER STOP – SATURDAY, APRIL 30

Helpful files you can find on the Yahoo Group site under “Files”:
– Directions to Riverside Dr. Entrance
– Finding the MCH3 Water Stop in Shelby Park
– 2016 Marathon Water Stop Parking Pass

WORKER ARRIVAL TIMES:

7:15 a.m. – Early set-up crew arrives. We need 5-6 people, so if you can come early to help set up, please reply to this email.

Before 8 a.m. – Anyone who wants to drive (rather than walk) into the park should arrive. We’ve been told no more cars can enter after 8 a.m. PLEASE USE THE RIVERSIDE DRIVE ENTRANCE, and download the 2016 parking pass from the Yahoo group page.

If you make it into the park through a different entrance, remember to replace any sawhorses you move, be polite and respectful to the park police, etc. They’re instructed to close the park until after the Marathon and have trouble (usually) understanding where we are going and why. Just explain and be nice.

Remember that if you do drive in, you can’t drive out of the park (for runner safety) until things start to wind down around 2 p.m. If that’s a problem for you, park outside of the park and walk in.

Late arrivals – If you arrive after 8 a.m., expect to park outside of the park and walk in (you are a hasher, you know). Or bike in! If you park outside the Riverside entrance, follow the road adjacent to the railroad tracks down the hill. If you park outside the Shelby Avenue entrance, go down the hill and past the ball fields and we’ll be set up on the park road between the junior ball fields and the railroad trestle near the boat ramp. (Note: There is another water stop closer to the Shelby Avenue entrance, so if you don’t recognize anyone, keep walking.)

The first runner will arrive about 9:15. Note that we will be busiest from about 10:15 to 12:30, so late arrivals are still welcomed!

PROVISIONS/WHAT TO BRING:

We provide hash beverages for the runners, but YOU are responsible for your own hydration. Remember to  bring a vessel.

We’ll have a grill or two and the hash will provide hot dogs, buns and condiments for volunteers. Please bring chips or whatever snacks will need to get you through 2 p.m. or so.

Please also consider bringing food to give out to the runners, such as fruit (oranges and bananas are popular), salty snacks, or other things that are easy to cut up like cereal or granola bars. Except for the elites, the runners really need all the support we can give them by the time they reach us.

You may also want to bring a chair, sunscreen or rain jacket depending on the weather. We work rain or shine. Some pop-ups would be helpful if any of you early arrivals want to bring them. They’re helpful in rain or sun.

LOCATION & DIRECTIONS

Our water stop is #16 and it is located at the 23 mile mark in Shelby Park, near the railroad trestle at the boat ramp. See directions below and/or refer to the files “Directions to Riverside Dr. Entrance” and “Finding the MCH3 Water Stop in Shelby Park” on the Yahoo Group page under “Files.”

Directions to Riverside Dr Entrance:
• From I-24, take Spring St./Ellington Pkwy. exit ‪#‎47A‬
• The exit ramp curves right – DO NOT GET ON ELLINGTON PARKWAY
• Stay in the left lane, to the intersection of James Robertson Pkwy./Main St. and 5th St./Spring St. (the roads change names at this intersection)
• Turn left on Main St. and go approx. 1.3 miles, continuing as it becomes Gallatin Rd.
• Turn right on Eastland Ave. and go approx. 1.3 miles to Riverside Dr.
• Turn right on Riverside Dr. and go approx. 0.6 miles to Huntleigh Dr./Lillian Dr.
• Turn right to approach the back entrance to the park

(False Trail Warning: Remember, there is another water stop inside Shelby Park, located between the Vinny Links golf course and the ball fields. That’s not our water stop … we’re near the trestle.)

PLAYING WELL WITH OTHERS

We will have some non-hasher volunteers. Be nice, ya’ll.

MCH3 POST-RACIST HASH:
• Hares: Butt Quack and surprise hares
• Where: Beyond the Edge, 112 S 11th St, Nashville, TN 37206
• When: Meet at 3 p.m. but come earlier to hang out, eat and drink. Look for tired racist wankers. This is a pay-your-own-way pub crawl hash, so bring money.