Beer Mile 2006

PLACE: Riverside Park Track, where we met for the 18 mile and 23 mile runs.

DATE: Saturday November 18, 2006

TIME: Arrive at 2:30 p.m. to get ready, race will start promptly at 3:00 p.m.!

THE RACE: At the start of the race, you drink one 12 ounce beer. You run 2 loops of the track (1/4 of a mile) and then drink a second 12 ounce beer. You run 2 more loops, drink a 3rd beer. 2 more loops, a 4th and final beer. Run the last 2 loops to the finish.

THE RULES: 1. Bring your own beer. Since you will need 4, get together with friends and enlist somebody who is good at math to find the least common multiple. For example, you can buy two 6 packs (or one 12 pack), which will be enough for you and two others. Cans are preferred since they seem much less dangerous to law enforement officers.
2. The beer will be poured into opaque cups to be supplied by the organizers at the start of the race. Feel free to bring your own cups. Ours are red, it may be helpful to avoid confusion if you bring different colored cups.
3. When being filmed or interrogated by police do not mention "Team for Kids" or "New York Road Runners Foundation" ("The Craig Schortzmann Rule").
4. Due to the enhanced probability of vomiting, no snot rockets are allowed ("The Russ Artman Rule").
5. No physically interfering with other runners ("The Lisa Dellamora Rule").
6. No tackling allowed ("The KC Cohen Rule").
7. No pre-drinking of the 4 race beers allowed.
8. Dispose of your beer cans after filling your cups.
9. If you do need to vomit please move over to the infield and do it there. If there are a group of 8 year olds playing soccer on the field like there were last year, make every effort not to vomit on the children.
10. Due to the fact that there will be more than one woman this year, there will be a woman's champion as well as a men's champion, with amazing prizes for each (amazement not guaranteed).

There are more rules that will be made up between now and then.

If you are interested in competing please email me some of your drinking accomplishments (drinking game experience, Playboy Magazine Party School Ranking of the University you attended, amusing anecdotes), and running accomplishments (if any). This information will be used to create profiles for all the runners in order to aid the fans and oddsmakers.

And I caution all of you to take it easy at this Sunday's marathon, to insure that you will be healthy for The Beer Mile. Good luck!