One hundred days after the surgery, I was jogging through the streets of Baghdad with the Hash House Harriers.
Gotta ask -- what were the Hash House Harriers?
Some say the HHH is a drinking club with a running problem, and others say it’s the other way around. It was formed in the 1930s by expat Brits in Malaya. These guys were all so far out of shape that they decided to start a running club. Their local pub was near a Chinese-run opium den, hence the name. It’s international. I ran with them in Lagos and Havana. There are certain protocols involved, most include a lot of beer. I don’t know why it never caught on in this country