The Beer Mile

Here is a video for your entertainment if you are a contributor or marathon runner enjoying the tapering period. Last year, on the Saturday after the marathon, a group of runners gathered for a race in Riverside Park on the West Side of Manhattan. Contestants were required to drink a beer at the start of the race and each quarter of a mile thereafter, for a total of 4. There was a team comprised of a runner who doesn't drink and a drinker who couldn't run, but to make things equitable a stiff time handicap was imposed on them, to make up for the fact that the runner did not have to deal with the carbonation and other issues associated with trying to run quickly after chugging a beer.

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There will be a 2006 Beer Mile in the same location, date & time to be determined.