Run, Drink, Repeat! This is a one-mile fun run for runners who enjoy beers. Drink a beer, run/walk/jog (or skip, crawl, whatever you want) your way a quarter mile around the track, and repeat three more times.
There will be opportunities for those who do not wish to consume beer. And a team relay is also available to share the drinking and laps.
The Details
Saturday, June 29, 2024
Summer Spirits Festival at Simon Park
Clarence Rockland
The race will take place on the track behind the YMCA building.
Schedule of Events
(subject to change based on registration numbers)
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Division 1: Open Men & Women
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Division 2: Non-Alcoholic Beverage Division
3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Division 3: Relay 4 person
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Break (overflow)
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Division 4: Open Men & Women (cont’d)
NOTE:
Schedule and heats to be confirmed one week before the event.
Please arrive at least 30 minutes prior to your division start time.
Beer
Provided by Broken Stick Brewery.
Runners are not allowed to bring their own beer.
Non-alcoholic carbonated beverage alternatives available.
Beer/beverages will be supplied from kegs in 355 ml “solo” cups.
Description
Each division will have multiple heats, run slow to fast
(10 to 30 minutes cutoff).
Heats will be assigned based on predicted time or most recent 5 or 10 km time.
Each heat will have 10 to 20 entries.
Relays will be teams of 4. Can be all male, female or mixed.
Course is a ¼ mile (400 m) gravel track.
Prizes
Small prizes will be awarded to the top male and female time in each division.
First finishers in each heat will be eligible for a draw at the end of each division.
Unofficial Beer Mile Rules
Not for records attempts
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Each competitor drinks four 355 ml cups of beer and runs four laps around a standard 400m running track (start with chugging a beer, then run a lap, then beer, then lap, then beer, then lap, then beer, then lap - finish).
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Beer must be consumed before the lap begins within the transition area. The transition area is the 9-meter zone between the waterfall starting line for a mile race and the finish line of a 400m track.
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The race begins with competitors lined up on the mile starting line, drinking the first beer in the transition zone described in the step above. This ensures competitors cover a complete mile. Competitors can walk/move in the transition area while drinking, but all beer must be consumed in the transition area before setting off to run a lap.
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Consumption of beer must be demonstrated by tipping the empty beer over your head after each chug to verify an empty vessel
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Competitors who vomit before they finish the race must complete one penalty lap at the end of the race (immediately after the completion of their 4th lap). Vomiting more than once during the race still only requires one penalty lap at the end.
