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1st Annual Chicagoland Beer Mile Invitational - 2005
Upon reflection, prowess in the beer mile has very little to do with running. Rules: Chug 12 oz Beer, Run 400m Chug 12 oz Beer, Run 400m Chug 12 oz Beer, Run 400m Chug 12 oz Beer, Run 400m 1 Lap Penalty for Vomiting The Beer Mile Well...the weather was horrible. I'm talking torrential downpour 10 minutes before the start. With the lunacy of the whole thing, the rain suprisingly kept no one away. There were approx 25 of us who participated, many dressed in ridiculous outfits -- ryan was wearing an indian headdress, complete with face paint; tim and i had on 70's style afro wigs; rob wore a cowboy hat and flannel shirt, most of the girls had on knee-high socks and head bands. Most of the guys ran shirtless. Everyone was soaking wet before we started, and there were probably 10 spectators taking pictures. Did I mention it was cold? It WAS the middle of November. We had a videocamera, but he couldn't record the event due to the rain. He does have some footage from pre- and post-race. Instead of the sound of a herd beginning their sprint around the track, the command of "On Your Mark - Get Set - Go!" was followed by the sound of 25 beer cans being opened. Jeff slammed the first beer and had a 30-40m lead while most of us still had 6 oz to drink. He was passed on the backstretch by Angry Jon (the pre-race favorite), who we estimate ran his first 400 in 59 seconds. Greg, the only person with a beer mile already under his belt from his younger days, passed both of them on the 2nd beer. Greg didn't look back, finishing in 7:23 for the win. Cowboy Rob ran a solid race, finishing second, & Indian Ryan rounded out the top 3. Our early leaders (Jeff and Jon) crashed and burned, both finishing outside of the top 10. Personally, I was among the bottom 1/3 to finish the first beer, then promptly passed 10-12 people over the first 200m of the lap. After that I was not quite as lucky & struggled with beer consumption. Every sip caused a gag reflex -- however I managed to hold down the vomit until post-race. Tim and I were both way behind everyone else, he had puked after the first (or second?) beer. I think we only beat 3 people. We were both on our last beer together, he finished it first, and still had a penalty lap to run. Knowing he had 2 laps and I had 1, I took my time on the last beer and waited for tim to finish that lap. We jogged 250 meters of our last lap then staged a sprint finish for a final time of 15:58. I puked 10 seconds later. We took a bunch of pictures and cleaned up all of the empty beer cans. It was still raining and freezing, so Tim, Kate & I left as 2 of girls were still on the track working on their Mile. Upon reflection, prowess in the beer mile has very little to do with running. |