100 Bottles of Beer

I was listening to a podcast recently and they were discussing the beer mile.  For those who are not runners or who do run and are not insane, a beer mile is an official event where you run 4 laps around a track (1/4 mile each) and consume a beer each lap.  If you throw up, then you have to run a penalty lap.  There is even a website that spells out the rules:  Beermile.com

After listening to the podcast, I tried to think of ways I could incorporate this into my 100 mile run.  There is no way I can do 100 miles of “beer miles” because that would be the equivalent of drinking 400 cans of beer.  Can you say alcohol poisoning?  Sure, I knew you could.  Anyways, I projectile vomit with certain combinations of food and Gatorade on long runs already.  Could you imagine the projection distance I could get after running 20 or 30 miles and drinking an equal number of cans of beer?  I’m thinking world record (if they have one).  It would definitely be a blog worthy story.

While racking my brain, I remembered the song we tried to sing in the car on trips.

100 bottles of beer on the wall,

100 bottles of beer,

You take one down,

Pass it around,

99 bottles of beer on the wall!

Of course, by the time we usually go to about 94 bottles of beer my dad would give us the “If I hear one more peep……..” line and we shut up.  At least for a little while.  By the way, sorry Pop.  It was either Vicki, Cindy or Wendi’s fault.  I was innocent!  I promise!

So now I am back to my dilemma.  How do I incorporate this into my race?  I am pretty sure from what I read that alcoholic beverages are not allowed in the state park.  I don’t know that for a fact, but I would hate to be arrested around mile 40 running nekkid (which I would be after drinking 40 beers) through the woods.  I have a bad feeling it would end up on YouTube or the local news and  forever scar my children and family.

Just so everyone knows, this is what 100 bottles of beer actually looks like.

Since there is no way that I can drink that much beer at one time, I will call on a little help from my friends.  Before I continue, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRINK 100 BOTTLES OF BEER AT ONE TIME IN MY NAME.  What I am suggesting is a team effort.  Between the hours of 6:00 AM on Saturday, February 4th and 12:00 AM (noon) on Sunday, February 5th, I need 100 bottles of beer to be consumed.  You just need to keep a record of how many you drink and add it either on the comments for this page or the comments for this post on Facebook.  Picture evidence would also be appreciated.  Of course, please do not do this in public if there are any Alabama fans around.

And while you are at it, for every bottle you drink donate a few dollars to Habitat for Hope!  You can follow the fundraising link on the top right of this page.