100+ Miles, 100+ Beers... Death Before Dishonor

Why is it that I see this as noble instead of self-destructive and juvenile?

it is truly both, and thats why it is so wonderful.

It's because this is truly an accomplishment. You must be a baddass drinker and runner to pull this off. The drinking is what kills most. It's a true test of meddle.

Someone post this guy's track bio and prs.

If you can run 100 miles and drink 100 beers in a single week one would think 14:00 in the 5k would be a breeze.

I want to see what this guy's run.

Ziggy reluctantly admits that he's not that fast. The best he's got to offer is a 26:10 8k at vcp. Ziggy is tough and despite lacking the natural talent of a 14 minute 5k runner,

he is still willing to push his limits. If being an elite

runner were purely a matter of will, he'd have records.

He's currently having trouble forming coherent sentences, but on his 15th beer for the day. Also, he got back his papers that he wrote on Monday, and got 3 A's and one f. Clearly evident which one he was drunk while writing.

We'll let you know how he goes for the next few hours

To help you better understand Ziggy and his pain tolerance:

A few years back he was sitting in a relatively large lecture hall (a rare occurrence, as attending class is unusual for Ziggy; he learns most things a few hours, or even minutes, before exams and still manages a solid GPA), the professor made eye contact with him, maintaining it for an uncomfortably long period of time. This made Ziggy a bit uneasy, so, to break the tension, he punched himself in the face. hard. He then casually got up and left class. His eye was black, blue and swollen shut the next day.

Also, fist fights are relatively common, though not usually his fault, including one that he needed stitches in his eyebrow and lip for, but, rather than waste time at the hospital, he just went to bed. The next morning he attended brunch at the school's main dining hall still wearing the blood drenched shirt from the night before - his wounds still open and damp. When the dining hall worker told him to get cleaned up before he could come in, he just turned his shirt inside out (it was white, so it made no difference) and sauntered right in. It was brilliant.

Last but not least (and these anecdotes are by no means exhaustive), Ziggy once ran full speed into a deck railing without jumping (on purpose)... thereby catapulting himself over the railing, doing a complete somersault, and landing flat on his back on the frozen ground. If you have the imaginative capacity to picture this, it's really quite remarkable. After lying incapacitated and gasping to breathe for a few minutes, he got up and resumed drinking.

Despite many of the poster's compulsion to downplay this feat or even its validity, Ziggy is no joke. Although I've since grown up and have not had the pleasure of witnessing this, I simply wanted to point out that an endeavor like this requires a multitude of unique qualities. Ziggy has those.

This is truly great stuff. This guy should get to do a speaking tour and write books. I am 33 years old, long past my "prime" in all respects athletically or otherwise...and can't comprehend how or why I would ever attempt such a feat...however I am trying to figure out how to try. I think I could make my 8-month old son proud? The 100 beers would mean going to my business drunk...why not? Also going to coach some HS kids drunk...and perhaps drinking while doing it...again why not? Doubt that I will actually try...but boy it would be something. I think if I could pull this off it might make up for losing to Stanfurd and Oregon in x-c my senior year of college and never getting that top 4 team trophy.

Grote

I too think this is a great, albeit asisine accomplishment, both of which I mean as a compliment. I think back to my college days when my roommate and I, as 2 skinny XC runners, defeated the entire lacrosse team at a team quarters match where you were out of the game when, "you heave, you leave". A whole team of loud obnoxious long island blowhards were no match for our marksmanship with the coin and our capacity to consume. Go Ziggy!!!!!

Ziggy just about blew his load when he heard Grote wrote on the thread. Ziggy was quite enamored by the Grotepoll of 2004 and hasn't forgotten it. Ziggy's goal for today was 15, but he hit it and kept on going, he's currently approaching 18, and although speaking gibberish, not in such bad shape. With a day left, there's not much doubt as to whether or not he'll make it, rather, how much will he make it by? He wants 110/110, it seems doable at this point.

As long as Ziggy anecdotes are being put up, let me post my personal favorite:

One time Ziggy was in a fraternity house and was shouldered by a brother. Ziggy didn't hesitate to speak up, letting the brother know that he didn't appreciate the lack of spacial respect. The brother, being a typical drunken asshole, punched Ziggy in the face. Ziggy then tackled the kid (who outweighed him by 50 pounds) and began beating him sensless. The other brothers dragged Ziggy outside at this point and told him if he did not leave immediately he would face dire consequences. Ziggy's solution was to punch the fraternity's president in the face and knock him out cold. I didn't see it myself, but the ensuing fight took over 10 policemen to diffuse. Ziggy was arrested and hospitalized for 3 days. I assure you his spirit was not diminished.

He's on the last lap, the final turn, the home straight. His resting pulse (normally in the low 40s) is in the mid 90s. His mother is scared for his life, we are our holding our breath. The encouragment means the world to him, he begs you keep it coming, one more update tonight.

Ahh...Bill Brasky...we once threw a bachelor party for Bill Brasky. Unfortunately, he ate the whole cake before we could tell him there was a stripper in it.

Tappan Zee!!!! it is a small world. I have raced this kid many times. If you asked me back then if I thought he would amount to anything this great, I would have plainly told you no.

Congrats

WOOOO!!!! PARTY AT NATE LOWE'S HOUSE!!!!! MIKES HARD ALL NIGHT LONG!!! Arent you nervous about Dumbledore finding out and kicking you out of Hogwarts you Harry Potter looking fruit cake

Training is better? Would you call 110 miles in a week training?

Ziggy has been giving everything he's got to the program for 4+ years. He's sacrificed a social life, drinking, everything he could, to run fast. But now he's done and not sure what his next running plans are, so why not? It's just a week, and if anything, he's showing our freshman that regardless of pain, it's important to put your money where your mouth is.

On top of that, this goal has been the epicenter of a fantastic week socially for the team. The whole team has been in and out of the house since it started, watching movies, making food, just bringing beer and checking in.

In summary, don't hate on ziggy, he's giving what he's got. He's called the night at 18, and is hoping for a 20+ day tomorrow, wish him sweet dreams and good luck, I think I'm off to bed in a minute soon. I must say, I've done my best to keep up with him (15 tonight) and I can't believe he's done this for 6 days now. Really unbelievable. For all of you who aren't impressed, try 15 in a night and then imagine doing it again when you wake up the next morning.

With much love - URXC

if he's drinking PBR why did the picture show him holding a Molsen Canadian can?

speculation insues

hahahaha that made me laugh. Even though I don't know Nate Lowe and yes he is faster than me in the steeple, from all his posts on letsrun he just comes of like a douche bag. He revealed way too much about who he is through his posts. I noticed that he loves chiming in about himself every chance he gets. Your letsrun personality sucks Nate!

Lol, I have revealed my "secret identity" several times on letsrun, its not like its a secret or something.

To be completely honest, I don't think my personality in real life is all that much better unfortunately. I know I'm pretty toolish, but I'm not on here to make friends, so why pretend like I'm not? And for the record I have never consumed or served Mikes at a party.

Thanks for all the details--just what I wanted. Keep 'em coming.I am scratching my head about one thing, though, and it's something I've observed from other college guys in recent years. It's this:

d3 wrote:His mother is scared for his life

I know it's a little off-topic, but as somebody even older than Grote (I did my running in the 80s), I have a hard time understanding the relationship so many younguns today have with their parents. If somebody in my generation had decided to tackle a gloriously asinine stunt like this, there would have been zero chance they would have called their mother to fill her in. Nothing personal against Ziggy, but I just don't get it.

The mother comment was added for dramatic enhancement, and in retrospect done so in poor taste. I was a bit gone myself by the time I posted last night.

As for an update, Ziggy's hurtin bad this morning. He says he doesn't feel hungover like he did earlier in the week, but he thinks he's getting sick. No doubt this much alcohol can temporarily wipe out an immune system. We recounted the tab chain, and he's at 87, not the 88 we previously thought. That leaves a 13 beer minimum for him today. I'll look into getting a picture of the chain up later today.

For the beer questions, between the grocery store only having once case of pbr, and the obnoxious speculation about it's alcohol content, Ziggy deemed it best to switch to molson after 12 beers. He's also had 4 labatts (regular, not light) and 4 yuenglings. If you look hard enough, there should be talk of that back on page 2 or so.

Drinking will likely commense around 2pm, we'll update often after that.

Cheers

So Ziggy's mom doesn't know about his epic quest? That would be quite the shame, as this could very well be her son's brightest (albeit dimmed a great deal by the alcohol-induced haze) moment. This is surely an achievement any mother would be proud of.