Do Not Try This

April 14, 2017 3:07 AM

Casual drinker Emmett Farnan finishes the first documented beer half marathon. Farnan competed in The Holy Half Marathon in Half Bend, Indiana, shotgunning a beer at every mile marker. That is 13 beers drank while running over 13 miles, and he managed it all in 1:43.
posted by Literaryhero (15 comments total)

Alternate link for those who want to avoid following Daily Mail links.
posted by daveje at 3:25 AM on April 14, 2017 [2 favorites]

Makes me want to puke just thinking about it, as someone who dislikes both running and beer. This sounds like a torture technique.
posted by spitbull at 4:05 AM on April 14, 2017 [2 favorites]

All that staggering probably made him run a lot further than a half marathon.
posted by Literaryhero at 4:14 AM on April 14, 2017

'Beer'? Well, Coors Light, at least...
posted by Capt. Renault at 4:25 AM on April 14, 2017 [5 favorites]

half bend, for those who don't know, is across the border from miles, michigan and next to wishidwalkedit

seriously, i was in town that day and thought things seemed a little less busy than usual ...
posted by pyramid termite at 5:19 AM on April 14, 2017

I wonder if its related to Hash House Harriers, the drinking club with a running problem.
posted by CBrachyrhynchos at 5:54 AM on April 14, 2017 [2 favorites]

I stand to salute him! Then I grab my stomach, and groan, and rush off to the bathroom!
posted by wenestvedt at 5:59 AM on April 14, 2017

The The Marathon du Medoc is the same, but with wine.
posted by DangerIsMyMiddleName at 6:10 AM on April 14, 2017

The Outdoorsmen: Blood, Sweat and Beers
posted by infinitewindow at 6:44 AM on April 14, 2017

I know a few folks who do this sort of thing, and they set a lower limit of 5% ABV on the beer. Coors Light wouldn't qualify. Quite a feat nonetheless.
posted by Horselover Fat at 7:00 AM on April 14, 2017 [2 favorites]

That's nothing. I can drink 13 beers without moving at all.
posted by chavenet at 7:54 AM on April 14, 2017 [6 favorites]

well, we know he wasn't dehydrated after all that coors lite..
posted by k5.user at 8:06 AM on April 14, 2017 [1 favorite]

He would have made better time if he drove the 13 miles while shotgunning 13 beers.
posted by ejs at 8:49 AM on April 14, 2017

I seem to remember reading a site years ago about someone doing this on an Oakland, CA marathon, and getting lost in the process.
posted by Chrysostom at 9:29 AM on April 14, 2017

I used to be an avid long distance runner and an excellent binge drinker, and I always said that if I saw one of these rumored "beer stations" during a race, by god, I would stop and drink a beer.

My opportunity arrived at mile 20 of the Dallas White Rock Marathon (2010?) at the bottom of a very large hill. I stopped and drank half a beer, then I set out to run up the hill.

The rest of that race went poorly for a lot of reasons, but I think the beer takes some of the blame. I got really sick.

I guess the moral of the story is: like they say, never do anything new on race day. Train for that shit.
posted by liet at 10:33 AM on April 14, 2017 [3 favorites]