S3H3#99 International Workers Day run
Friday, 1st May, 2026 7:30pm
Join your fellow hashers this Friday, May 1st, for a celebration of the working class full of hems, beer stops, and ‘hm hm’ workers of the fairer gender. As a sophisticated sir this is a significant day of celebration to honor those who put in the hard yards and make life in HCMC what it is for us all.
This is the penultimate hash before we reach a tonne and depart Saigon temporarily for the dubious entertainment of Vung Tau. So come prepared to celebrate all things HCMC in earnest on this significant day of reflection.
A to A trail:
A point (meet up) 5KU Station https://maps.app.goo.gl/JdU32XxadeLmi3hMA?g_st=ic
17 Thái Văn Lung, Bến Nghé, Sài Gòn, Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam
🏃♂️ Walk: Around 5 km
Run: Also ~5 km 😁
Beer stops included
📅 Check-In: 7pm – You can come early and drink a few bia hoi.
🚀 Departure: 7:30pm
🐰 Hare: Talented Wanker (his sole S3H3 hash this Saigon rotation)
💰 Hash Cash:
• Circle beer 100K per dude/ solo bills at dinner. Bring cash.
On On! 🍻🏃♂
S3H3 #99 – International Workers Day Run
Attendees: (GM) Piss Bath, (Hare) Talented Wanker, Swipe Left, Cock-A-Leeky, Kinky Jesus, 2Pissed2Cum, Shitty Slacker, (Hash Flash) Chemically Castrated, Broken Seal & Just Gene.
We must give thanks to 1/3rd co-founder of the S3H3 Talented Wanker who set up this trail.
In a stunning display of irony for International Workers’ Day, most of the pack arrived at 5KU Station on time, proving that while we can’t hold down a job, we can certainly hold down a bar stool. Naturally, our glorious leaders—Piss Bath and 2Pissed2Cum—arrived “fashionably late,” a term here meaning “with the urgency of a hibernating sloth.”
The circle opened with the traditional S3H3 ritual: incomprehensible yelling, aggressive sign language, and chalk marks that looked like the frantic scribblings of a Victorian mental patient. Did we understand them? No. Did we care? Less than no. This is Saigon; if you’re lost, you just keep turning left until you find a beer or a mistress.
Leg 1: The Spiritual Temptations of Japan Town
The trail immediately led us through the neon-soaked alleys of Japan Town. We were greeted by “hospitable” local ladies who offered to tend to our spiritual needs and intoxicating desires.
Being Sophisticated Gentlemen of the highest order, we maintained our stiff upper lips (among other things) and pushed forward, ignoring the siren calls of the “Massages” for the sake of the Hash. This noble sacrifice resulted in only four actual runners; the remaining pack suddenly developed “mysterious” leg cramps or heavy-onset inebriation and opted to walk.
The Mystery of the Shortcut
As we navigated a labyrinth of false trails designed to break our spirits, we arrived at the first beer stop only to find the walkers already there, looking suspiciously dry and smug.
Intelligence Report: It turns out Broken Seal has a homing beacon for hops. He led the walkers through a shortcut that bypassed “effort” entirely.
Naturally, our navigational instincts—which are biologically tuned to detect convenience stores—led us to a local restaurant for an emergency mid-trail hydration.
Leg 2: The Battle of Nguyen Hue
The pack split. The runners headed for the greenery of the park, while the walkers wandered off into the void. The runners got to Nguyen Hue Walking Street, standing before the People’s Committee Building.
It was here we discovered that Talented Wanker’s chalk marks had been ruthlessly “liquidated” by the local stewards. Apparently, the government doesn’t appreciate “Sophisticated Gentlemen” desecrating their pristine tiles with cryptic symbols. After the Hare manually guided his blind sheep back to the finish, we arrived at 5KU Station only to find the walkers had once again beaten us and relocated the party to the Circle K across the road.
The Verdict:
- The Circle: Completed with the usual lack of dignity.
- The Feed: Ramen (Slurped with the grace of a woodchipper).
- The Vibe: International Workers’ Day was successfully celebrated by doing absolutely no work at all.
On-On to the next disaster!