Flotrack is going to attempt to host a track meet in portland! lol

Why the negativity? I'm not the biggest fan of some of what Flotrack does but I wouldn't say the beer mile was a 10 fail. It still went off. They didn't get the proper permits/and or public support to have it at a high school track that was it.

Also, I didn't like how they vilified James Nielsen for not running, when one of the main reason's he wasn't running, was he was with another group that had approached Flotrack about putting on a beer mile and then Flotrack took the idea and put on its own "World Championship".

A track meet in Portland in August is a good idea. And now I see some of you are saying this is tied into the Portland 10,000m. I think the Portland Track Fest was broadcast on Flotrack last year so they are likely working together.

At the very least there are people in Portland who may need a competitive race. Flotrack seems to have connections with Alberto's guys. It makes sense from a business perspective as well. Guys with no other options to race, aren't looking for appearance fees. Flotrack needs races once the college season ends to try and get/keep subscribers as well. They already work with the Portland guys, they can get naming rights to the meet with some $ from their subscribers. Put on a meet, get local pro runners, not have to pay for travel, get a supportive community, charge people to watch. It's not a bad idea.

I'm a full supporter of them serving beer at track meets. I love beer.

Lets not act like however beer and food is a novel idea at a track meet. Not sure if they serve beer at Pre (it's on a college campus) but they do at Icahn stadium and I assume every DL meet except Doha.

A beer mile is a binge drinking event. 4 beers in 5 minutes is binge drinking. Beer miles definitely have their place, but to pretend it's not binge drinking is to deny reality. A buddy of mine, a guy who likes to party, a guy who came to my bachelor party, etc, has 2 kids. I asked him about a beer mile. "No way in hell do I want my kids exposed to that" he said saying kids are impressionable. I was pretty surprised.

To think people aren't going to ask about the permitting process of a beer mile is naive. When the San Fran group called us to talk about their event, the #1 issue they talked about was permitting. No high school or college track would permit their event. We asked "how did Flotrack's event get permitted" and they said, "we have no idea." Robert was doing a story on the rival beer miles, he contacted the people associated with the track, and next thing we knew they said the event was not going to be held there. We published this

I forgot about the beermile.com people changing their rules. That was pretty bush league.