The Beer Triathlon

Triathlon Forum
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As I was out training today, a truly innovative idea came to my mind. It combines two of the most grueling pursuits known to man. Drinking beer fast, and triathlon. Actually, this idea is not very innovative at all, as beer miles have been around for a while. But…they are just not grueling enough for me. I feel like going to the track and running a 5:40 mile while drinking some beer along the way can only be done so many times. So, The beer triathlon consists of a supersprint distance.

  1. the warmup-1 beer
  2. 200yard swim
  3. T1 (another beer)
  4. 2mile bike
  5. T2 (two beers)
  6. .5 mile run
  7. T3 (yes…3 beers)

Same rules apply, 12 oz, no light beer, preferably a cheap brand, and no spilling or puking. Enjoy!

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In college, we had a fraternity golf tournment similar to this. The rules were, a stroke was deducted for every beer you drank.

After a few years of this and getting banned from every golf course in town, we figured out that this was not such a good idea.

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A little OT but I just saw the movie “Beerfest.” If you like any of the Broken Lizard movies, this one might be worth your while. Some seriously funny stuff.

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they have a guinnessman on the big island, the winner has posted on here a few times
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They do something similar to this up in Seattle
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we used to go erg (rowing machine) drunk last year in school, actualyl did my best 500m peice that way.

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Let me get this straight, drink 3 beers then run 1/2 mile. Wow! I doubt I’d be able to swim 200y after drinking the first. Is puking a penalty or dq?

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Puking, and not letting that slow you down…it should be a time bonus.

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We did the deadman decathalon this past fall. It was a series of events spread out over the course of two days, including an OFFICIALLY sanctioned “beer mile.” A lot of this shit is harder than you think :stuck_out_tongue: http://www.geocities.com/thedeadmandecathlon/

Lesson learned: Do not mock the Beer Mile. Ever. A lot of very fast people, and very heavy drinkers, have been humbled by this event.

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the Hash House Harriers beat you to it.

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Guinessman?? That sounds like my kind of event!!!

Does Tetuoni know about this? I’m still waiting for him to start the Vitamin G racing team…

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Extra points for being thematic …

Swim - any NASCAR beer (they’re like water, right?), Flying Fish, or Dogfish Head

Bike - New Belgium Fat Tire Ale, or Flying Dog Tire Bite Golden Ale

Run - Long Trail

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Hmm… sounds like a plan.

But, Marc has to keep his clothes on. That always seems to be a problem…