I ran a beer mile yesterday.
A beer mile entails drinking one beer befo
re each of the 400 meter laps that make up a mile.
Why would I do this?
I had heard a lot of discussion of the beer mile from my teammates and studied the beer mile website and was simply curious -- how would I do?
I did terrible.
When the starting gun went off I realized quite quickly that I ca
nnot drink a can of beer as quickly as other people. I caught up with many of the other participants on the first 400 meter run lap and felt fine run
ning. But then I had to choke down a second beer which seemed to take forever and I found myself in last place. The third beer took me 2-3 minutes to consume, and the fourth beer was not much faster. It felt so good to stop drinking the horrid beer and be able to run. I still felt quite strong and fast running even the 4th 400 meter lap. Though on the 4th lap of the race I somehow got lost. Apparently I was a bit drunk by this point - none of the other 20 odd runners seem to have gotten lost on the simple loop through the park.
"You are not a strong drinker are you Jay?" asked Satohi, Japan's number one beer miler who finished in an extraordinary time of 8:10. Apparently drinking is not my strength.
Next year I am hoping for a coffee mile.
2 comments:
no worries Jay, i am not strong drinker either...remember, tiny little baby steps..
Thanks David. That was good advice. Now I wonder how I might fare if we drank out of mugs rather than bottles. Not that I have intentions of doing this again.
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