Dayton Hash House Harriers (DH3) - Dayton

Dayton Hash House Harriers is the 1st Dayton-area hash kennel of the world-wide social running club, the Hash House Harriers. Dayton Hash House Harriers is Ohio’s oldest and longest running kennel. Sometimes known as a “drinking club with a running problem”, DH3’s inaugural run was held on June 28, 1987, when founder, Geoff “Little Tooter” Jumper got a group of 14 runners, walkers and others together for an afternoon of “hare and hound” trail running. DH3 has now “hashed” (held a social, non-competitive, run/walk event) almost 1500 times. Several long standing special events are held annually such as the “Hangover Hash” on New Year’s Day, St. Patrick’s “wearing of the green” and our annual red dress run (both joint with our sister hash, Sin City H4), Earth Day clean-up hash, Spring Formal (think Prom gone bad), world peace through beer, Halloween costume hash and a Christmas Lights hash followed by a party and gift exchange. Other themed or special hashes are held, at the discretion of the hares. DH3 has also co-hosted with Sin City H4 two USA Nash hashes (2002 and 2016). The Dayton H3 has given birth to several other local hash kennels, including SWOT, DeCoc, Eat a Chick, Babes, Miami Valley, Unmasked, ON-IN and DH4.