Just nuts. The world champs for the beer mile were this past weekend in England and Corey broke his own world record with a 4:28. It was very windy as well, so plenty of room for improvement.
Just nuts. The world champs for the beer mile were this past weekend in England and Corey broke his own world record with a 4:28. It was very windy as well, so plenty of room for improvement.
Beer of choice for Bellemore?
A bit sad that it's faster than my mile PR without any beer.
Feel a bit sad for Corey. I'm sure that he would rather be a legitimate OG track guy (1.47/3.39 PR's) rather than the Beer Mile Stud that he is, but the hype (and sponsors presumably) around it keeps pulling him back to it.
New world record? Somebody get that man a beer. If I see him at the Red Rock Casino or elsewhere I will buy him and the whole entourage a few rounds.
I would expect this event to be dominated by Ireland.
4:28 beer mile is much more impressive than those PRs
The guy found his event and is the best in the world at it. No harm with playing that up.
He is much more well known than a 1:47 800 meter guy.
Lets be honest, we all know that if some rich oil tycoon dropped 100k in prize money at every beer mile, it would be dominated by east africans. New WR would be well sub 4.
Just kidding. This is impressive. I would like to see a better filmed beer mile that was more competitive, that would be fun. He kind of just took the early lead and slowly opened his lead to a dominant victory.
holterskolter2 wrote:
Lets be honest, we all know that if some rich oil tycoon dropped 100k in prize money at every beer mile, it would be dominated by east africans. New WR would be well sub 4.
Just kidding. This is impressive. I would like to see a better filmed beer mile that was more competitive, that would be fun. He kind of just took the early lead and slowly opened his lead to a dominant victory.
A little tough to have a more competitive beer mile than this considering the race featured #1 (Corey Bellemore) and #2 (Chris Robertson) all time. There's no one better out there until some new faces try it.
According to his friend and pro triathlete Lionel Sanders in response to people noticing Corey running really low mileage of late prior to this race:
Guy had two stress fractures back to back and one was a non-union that took about six months heal. Proud of him that he stayed the course, kept everything really light and slowly progressed. It was tough watching olympics pass, but now we will start to see the fruit of that labor! Sky is the limit for him!
According to his Instagram he opened up in a 55! Makes sense why he was alone off the front. Absolute BEAST!
petes_dragons_to_the_moon wrote:
Beer of choice for Bellemore?
He has a custom beer from The Flying Monkeys brewery. They help sponsor him and he has a 'Beer Mile' beer with his name on the label.
Alcohol is a BANNED PED in competition. Busted!
Bellemore is an absolute beast. Looking at his splits, he covered the running in 3:59.1!!! And averaged 7 second chugs.
Running splits: 55, 60, 62, 60 (plus decimals)
This guy is gonna do something special sans beer on the track next summer
I think they start the lap time when he crosses the finish line but stop it when he enters the chug zone at the mile starting line, so the first three lap splits are more for 391m... still worth a sub 4 mile without the chugs I'd say
My god was that impressive. Anyone who has tried this knows this is a brutally hard thing to do....No Kenyan will ever break that record. FLYING MONKEY brewery too--great beer!
Wish I could finish a beer in seven seconds
oldlegs wrote:
My god was that impressive. Anyone who has tried this knows this is a brutally hard thing to do....No Kenyan will ever break that record. FLYING MONKEY brewery too--great beer!
Agreed, if i drank that much in cola, or even water, my time and comfort level would be seriously affected.
Is Ginger beer legal? Ginger is supposed to reduce nausea.
OTOH wrote:
oldlegs wrote:
My god was that impressive. Anyone who has tried this knows this is a brutally hard thing to do....No Kenyan will ever break that record. FLYING MONKEY brewery too--great beer!
Agreed, if i drank that much in cola, or even water, my time and comfort level would be seriously affected.
Is Ginger beer legal? Ginger is supposed to reduce nausea.
The one time I did a beer mile, it was the volume and carbonation that really made it tough. Breathing hard plus trying to chug a highly carbonated drink leaves the stomach in a rough state if you aren't used to it. The alcohol barely has any time to be absorbed, especially with the times these guys are running (I would love to see a study on that though, how much alcohol is actually in their bloodstream at the end of one of these). I personally was pretty drunk a little while after the race, but not during it.
Back in 1978, Henry Rono set four world records in 81 days: the 3000m, 3000m steeplechase, 5k, and 10k. Prior to each race, this later-reformed alcoholic ingested more beer than the amount Corey Bellemore forced down during his mile WR race. Rono would have crushed Corey's Beer Mile WR, just like he used to crush empty beer cans. Oh? What's that you said, On topic? It was the volume and carbonation which was the enemy, not the alcoholic content? In that case...never mind about Rono.
We salute you, Corey! And we wish you success on the track minus the beer, too.