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Boards.ie inaugural Beer Mile 14/6
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Walk of shame for me
But great craic nonetheless, super to put a few more faces to boards handles.
Kudos to T Aaaarrr Aaaarrr - sandbagger extronidare
and Clara Lara - I left the 11.5% beer behind, I would have felt guilty taking it - enjoy if you can and good luck with the training.
Cycling the 40k back to collect my car in the morning doesn't seem such a good idea now - but it gets me out of bed.
Thanks to Kurt for the lift home
When's the 2014 event?
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Well done everyone who braved those conditions- as a spectator it was a riot! Loved the fact that the early leader for the first 300m had just started running a couple of weeks ago Well done TRR the winner!
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A great night and rough day ahead....big thanks to Andy for making it happen and also to all the volunteers for standing out in that weather!
I was starstruck last night to be in the presence of 3 national champions! Well done to TRR and CL on the victory.
And who can forget the chair of truth! Brilliant.0 -
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REally not 100% today and a few strange flashbacks to yesterdays event but will try somesore of race report.
Arrived very early for the event and got soaked in the rain before we decided to take shelter. Should have done a longer warm-up before the race but just wanted to get this done.
Set my beer out on the track and wated for the gun.
First been went down well enough had expected to be up and running quick enough, think the Nun, Trr and yellowflower were a bit quicker. Maybe ran a little hard for the first 200m but then coming around the final bend I started to slo as planned to get ready for the beer. At this point lots of people went buy maybe lost 7 place on the lap.
Beer two for some reason was a nightmare just couldnt get it down and lost a lot of time. Got going again not to far behind Beebbeep and mono so decided I wasnted to try and hold that gap until beer 3 and then try and push on. The run section was relaxed wasnt passed meno after about 100m after he blew chunks and wasnt passed by many until the top of the bend when clarlara and zombie went by at speed.
Took a 5 seconds to get beer 3 open but decided to pace this better 3 gulp so this one went down a bit quicker. Had a quick glance a claralara to see how much a lead I would have going out. Ran a bit harder on thik lap as I knew I need to push to get a bit of a gap. Coming around the top of the bend I could see TRR coming, could have go full out not to be lapped but then wouldnt have been able to get my beer down. He looked very strong and there is a 6 min beer mile in him.
Beer 4 in needed to focus and dig deep this went down a lot better may not have been very fast but didnt think there was a chance of spewing. So pushed on the last lap legs were feeling good and started to run hard. Was very glad to get to the finish line.
Think the finish time was 10:01 which is a bit annoying but took down ecoli , meno, claralara , digger , timmay and a few more so not a bad run.
Highlight for me was yellowfeather and ecoli over the last 100m little did I know she was a lap ahead of him
or the reaction of the patrons in the pub when using the toilet, you would think they havent seen 10 semi naked me in a jax before. 0 -
A great night and rough day ahead....big thanks to Andy for making it happen and also to all the volunteers for standing out in that weather!
I was starstruck last night to be in the presence of 3 national champions! Well done to TRR and CL on the victory.
And who can forget the chair of truth! Brilliant.
No mention of being lapped by a 40 year old nun in fancy glasses?
Must do my report.......0 -
Well, what an event. Seriously it was the race of the year. I even hear that the race director was unanimously awarded the 'race director of the year' in the pub after
My race was pretty much a disaster.
We go out an hour before the race and the weather was frankly shocking, we ended up standing in the driving wind and rain for about 30 minutes until someone got the bright idea to stand in the shelter of the forest
. But it was too late at this stage: the damage was done and my hands were frozen solid.
Eventually we were joined by the other runners and the race was on. Given that my hands were frozen, I couldn't get my first bottle open. I distinctly remember TRR and a few others had started running before I had even opened my first bottle. Eventually i popped the cap but obviously was a bit panicked and drank it too quickly. Beer 1 22 seconds
Run 1: The start of the lap was into the wind. I Couldn't get any gas out so my running was disrupted. Got out in about 4th place I think but was quickly passed by 3/4 runners. Surprising looking back that the run was 92 seconds
Beer 2
Got it open much better than the last but was spooked when digger and CL appeared back in transition before I had finished. Having not burped the previous lap my stomach was full of gas so I needed a few goes to get his one down 32 seconds
Run 2:
I was really struggling now, was out in about 4th place again but my stomach was giving me serious problems. Still wasn't managing to get any wind out so it was like running with a lead weight in my belly :mad:. Just about got around in 1:47 but lost a lot of places in the run.
Beer 3:
Pure struggle. Again I was spooked on seeing CL and digger in transition shortly after me. Thought that I might get chicked for the first time. 42 seconds
Run 3:
The whole thing unfolded here. Straight away i knew i was in trouble: full of gas and it had nowhere to go. I tried to force myself to burp but all that was coming up was beer froth. I had to pull to the infield at this point for what appeared to be a puke: (I insist here again that it wasn't puke, literally all that was coming up was beer froth and gas but the game was up). The officials spotted me and I was resigned to a penalty lap
. By the time I got started moving again, digger and CL had already passed me :mad:. During my penalty lap I was passed by TRR on his way to the win. In the home straight I caught the epic sprint off for 2nd place between Krusty and Runningking. My running had gone to pot and I was just jogging/walking. Totally demoralised I was just going to be happy to finish. 4:56 (including puke[/U] and penalty lap)
Beer 4
Was surprised to find there were still many in transition including e.coli so I figured I might not actually finish last. E.coli was really struggling to get his last beer down. I decided on taking it easy and just enjoying the rest of the race. No panic here so i just took it easy 60 seconds
Run 4
It was just a matter of finishing out now: got to 200m and realised there was no-one in passing distance so I just jogged home: 2:13
Finish 13:08 ( about 4th or 5th last)
Conclusions
Seriously the toughest race I have ever run. I am a pretty good beer chugger but that means nothing. Trying to get 4 down in a short space of time is a different kettle of fish. Burping needs to be improved. I think it is vital to at least practise chugging 4 straight beers in training, if not run a complete beer mile. This is the only way to simulate the pain you are in after chugging your 3rd/4th beer. Hopefully there will be another beer mile soon so I can put this disaster right. Of all the races I thought Claralara might beat me, I can't believe she chicked me in the beer mile :mad:
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Great race and night. Good to see so many brave the elements to turn out (although this did lead to some very confused patrons in the lads bathroom to walk in to an army of half naked lads:D)
My performance was one to be quickly forgotten as I struggled from the off. I got complacent while away to come back to see nearly everyone was in serious training for this one.
Will have some redeeming to do at the next one.
Also meno sorry about the disappearing act Needed to get home to be anyway decent for work today
Good also to see new and old faces and big thank you to quirky for putting in so much effort to make it a success0 -
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