Start the Run
So now you've stood around, met a few crazies, and perhaps had a few beers. The hare has probably shown up and conducted "Chalk Talk" (explained the marks you'll find on trail). (If there was no Chalk Talk or virgin explanation, you may want to ask some people to run/walk with you so you don't get lost.) Now, it's time for the run (or walk).
Basically, for most hashes, you're following a bunch of blobs of flour (or possibly chalk marks). Checks (big X's) mean that trail can go in any direction from there, so you have to run around different ways to resume finding the blobs of flour. There are other marks that mean other things as well (falses, backchecks, arrows).
Remember this run is social, it is not a race. In fact, competition is an accusation-worthy offense.
