Day Four of 100 Beers, 100 Miles!

Girl didn't get her period because she is pregnant with some ba$tard baby. With all this drinking I'm frightended to see the mongoloid monster she pushes out her cootch.

Lighten up Francis wrote:

There shouldn't be any dispute about a 5% rule. PBR should be allowed with an asterisk because the badass Clint Eastwood drinks it. Anybody that can stomach the taste of 100 PBR's is in a whole different class of badass anyway, so it should be allowed.

Lowering our standards to accommodate a movie star's taste seems like just the kind of candy-ass thing Clint Eastwood would frown upon. Besides, I'm thinking that Clint Eastwood enjoys PBR on his breakfast cereal, in the baby formula he feeds his grandchildren, maybe puts it on the flowers in the yard. But when it comes to the drinking challenges, he's going harder than PBR. It's gotta be at least 5%.

Then just go with PBR tall boys to make up for it.

Point taken, sounds reasonable.

You guys clamoring for the 5% rule are dumb.

Drinking coors light, bud light, guiness, bud, pbr, etc should be just fine.

You go to the store, you buy a 100 beers and you do the challenge.

Why 5%? Why not 6%.

The reality is, it's quite hard to drink 100 coors lights and run 100 miles.

I'm going to go eat a bunch of caramels.

I am thinking we have the makings of a great reality show. The girl in this thread would get coached by Fast Guy on how to complete the bicentennial. She could bring her two boyfriends, and there would be a lot of sexual tension and of course crying because she's a girl. There would be a lot of self doubt (I can't do it! wah wah), heartfelt moments (where she completes the training Fast Guy lays out), and constant harping on the gender issue. The whole show would be leading up to the final week, where she trys the challenge the right way (1 week 100/100, 5%, only cans/bottles). Fat guy would pop in every episode or two for comic relief.

The best part is the name: Bicentennial Bootcamp.

I'd like to see somebody with talent go after the 6 Big Macs and 10k record. I think the only recorded finish was right around 58 minutes...is that right? If so, that guy should be on the voting committee with fast guy.

I wish I knew about these things back in college. Not that I had the running talent to do it back then. Explaining to my wife, kids and boss why I've been drinking and running for four straight days would be priceless. The big Mac challenge, however, may still be viable for an old slow guy like me.

Y'all can quit harassing Steph any time now. Keep up the good work, SS!

Surprise! wrote:

You guys clamoring for the 5% rule are dumb.

Drinking coors light, bud light, guiness, bud, pbr, etc should be just fine.

You go to the store, you buy a 100 beers and you do the challenge.

Why 5%? Why not 6%.

It's already been explained. Here are the reasons:

(1) 5% is a requirement for an "official" beer mile according to beermile.com. Therefore, people have gradually begun to accept this standard for other drinking competitions too.

(2) We gave Fast Guy a hard time about this so he went back and did it with 5% beer. He is the WR holder right now, you gotta go along with his rules.

(3) Alcohol content matters. Bud light is 4.2%. 100 of those only has the same alcohol content as 84 beers at 5%. The reality is (as you like to say), 100 bud lights is much easier than 100 bud heavys.

(4) Anyone who tries this with less than 5% will be heckled here on letsrun.com. Why bother? Just go with 5% to shut us all up.

The truth is there is no authority on this. Beermile.com, Fast Guy, and myself can't force anyone to do anything. It is kind of majority rules (or maybe the most vocal rules?) I'm here whining about 5% and others will too. If we're going to compare performances we should have some consistency.

By the way, to above poster, I hope it is clear by now that we are not picking on SS. In fact I don't think anyone has directed a post at her in two pages. Clearly we are people just arguing about rules for silly competitions.

Surprise! wrote:

Why 5%? Why not 6%.

Why not just drink O'Douls?

5% isn't just a Beer Mile and Lets Run rule, it is a standard. We all learned about it in health class.

A 12 oz 5% beer = 1.5 oz 80 proof spirit

From the CDC website:

What is a standard drink in the United States?

A standard drink is equal to 14.0 grams (0.6 ounces) of pure alcohol. Generally, this amount of pure alcohol is found in

•12-ounces of beer.

•8-ounces of malt liquor.

•5-ounces of wine.

•1.5-ounces or a “shot” of 80-proof distilled spirits or liquor (e.g., gin, rum, vodka, or whiskey).

I am always surprised at people that put themselves on the internet, get heckled, and then complain about it. If you don't want to get heckled don't put yourself on the ineternet! Broadcasting yourself on Letsrun is not a requirement for the 100/100 (or 70/100).

Also having any experience of ever doing the 100/100 or even 70/100 is not necessary for howling about the sanctity of the event and how the the 5% rule should be adhered to.

If it's so important and you respect it so much, why not do it yourself?

how much $$$ would it take for you to post a pic of your breasts? Serious question.

brogan1 wrote:

5% isn't just a Beer Mile and Lets Run rule, it is a standard. We all learned about it in health class.

A 12 oz 5% beer = 1.5 oz 80 proof spirit

From the CDC website:

What is a standard drink in the United States?

A standard drink is equal to 14.0 grams (0.6 ounces) of pure alcohol. Generally, this amount of pure alcohol is found in

•12-ounces of beer.

•8-ounces of malt liquor.

•5-ounces of wine.

•1.5-ounces or a “shot” of 80-proof distilled spirits or liquor (e.g., gin, rum, vodka, or whiskey).

http://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/faqs.htm#standDrink

Excellent post. It should be pointed out that going up is obviously in line with the regulations. So yes, you could do 100/100 with 6% beer.

First off, having done it with both, there is a huge difference between 4.2% and 5.0%. 5.0% has been the de facto standard on LetsRun for a while. It is also the rule on beermile.com. Plus, brogan1's point of 5.0% being what is considered a standard drink is extremely important. 12 oz at 5% is officially equal to 1 beer. That is three separate sources pointing to 5.0% as the cutoff.

http://www.alcoholcontents.com/beer/beer.htm

I also like the idea of not necessarily creating the 1 week limit. Do it as fast as possible, just like any race.

Doing it with less alcohol is perfectly fine if you're aim is to just have fun, but it does not count as an official Bicentennial

Day 5 is posted!

insider trading wrote:

I am thinking we have the makings of a great reality show. The girl in this thread would get coached by Fast Guy on how to complete the bicentennial. She could bring her two boyfriends, and there would be a lot of sexual tension and of course crying because she's a girl. There would be a lot of self doubt (I can't do it! wah wah), heartfelt moments (where she completes the training Fast Guy lays out), and constant harping on the gender issue. The whole show would be leading up to the final week, where she trys the challenge the right way (1 week 100/100, 5%, only cans/bottles). Fat guy would pop in every episode or two for comic relief.

The best part is the name: Bicentennial Bootcamp.

Yeah, I'm down

Stephanie Stark wrote:

I'm a 120 lb. female doing this challenge with 200 lb. boys. Thus far, I've been drinking 10 (more or less) daily. Because the boys are frontloading the miles and backloading the beers, I was the only one consistently drunk the entire first three days, before, during and after our runs. This is when I'm drinking 30 less beers than the boys.

As a 120lb female running with 200lb males, it seems to me that your disadvantage in the drinking side of the challenge will be offset by your advantage in the running side. You'll have a tough time drinking the beer, but a much easier time throwing down the mileage. They'll have an easier time drinking the beer, but the 100 miles will be tougher for them. Maybe they should be doing 100 beers and 70 miles?

insider trading wrote:

I am thinking we have the makings of a great reality show. The girl in this thread would get coached by Fast Guy on how to complete the bicentennial. She could bring her two boyfriends, and there would be a lot of sexual tension and of course crying because she's a girl. There would be a lot of self doubt (I can't do it! wah wah), heartfelt moments (where she completes the training Fast Guy lays out), and constant harping on the gender issue. The whole show would be leading up to the final week, where she trys the challenge the right way (1 week 100/100, 5%, only cans/bottles). Fat guy would pop in every episode or two for comic relief.

The best part is the name: Bicentennial Bootcamp.

I would pay money to watch this, provided Fat Guy runs into light poles or something like he did during the challenge.