Back in 2013, I was invited to this crazy event put on by a bunch of UW-River Falls Alumni called “The Beer Mile”. Since then, I am a 3x beer mile finisher!
What is the beer mile?
Chug a Beer (1)
Run A lap
Chug a Beer (2)
Run A lap
Chug a Beer (3)
Run A lap
Chug a Beer (4)
Run A lap
If you throw up, you have to run a penalty lap!
Running a mile is the easy part- it is the beer chugging and sloshing around in your stomach that makes this event so difficult. My mile PR is close to 5:40. My beer mile PR (from my prime) was 9:55. Running this event in under 15 min is an accomplishment.
I ran this event for the first time when I was 21 with a 9:55 finish time. I ran it for the second time when I was 22 with a 11:40 finish time. I was nervous to run it this year because I don’t drink beer, ever. I don’t really like the taste of beer. However, I can never say “no” to a running event!
Here are the official Results from the 2016 Beer Mile:
As you can tell, there are some seriously fast beer-milers in this group. The winner, who ran 6:03, went on to run a second beer mile 3 hours later. All of these guys could probably beat me in an “open mile”, so I am not too surprised with being 4th to last 🙂
I always tell new people, “take your mile time and double it- that’s your beer mile time” LOL. In my case this year, it was much more than double my mile time!
Here is the group after the beer mile!
My best advice for someone going to run a beer mile is:
1- slow and steady wins the race
2- burp as much as you can
3- do it on a empty-ish stomach
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