4.11 Peters Out

Episode Summary

Peter’s Out first noticed hash marks and beer handoffs while running the 1988 Los Angeles Marathon. A year later, an Army bulletin-board card invited him to “see El Paso as you’ve never seen it before,” and one five-mile trail was enough to hook him. He went on to hold nearly every mismanagement role, including roughly a decade as GM.

He describes El Paso’s military and medical roots, desert trails, a hash marriage, the evolution of names, and the creation of a cross-border-style weekend event inspired by other gatherings. The episode also covers COVID-era disagreements, encounters with police while laying flour, red-dress runs, Interhash travel, and why the hash’s ability to ignore rank and welcome a young enlisted soldier made it feel like home.