Beers/Miles: For every beer that you drink, how many miles do you run?

15-20

40-50

51yrs.

Beer! Gotta be good beer though...

33 y/o

40-50 mpw

~5 beers PW

= 8-10 mpb (miles per beer)

Now that I know what my mpb number is, I'll be training to decrease that number! I'm curious to know if mpb number is inversely proportional to Vdot score??

33 yr old male. I'm at roughly 10 beers/wk and 25-30 mi/wk, so my ratio is more like 1 beer for every 2.5-3 mi.

51 yo male

35-40 miles/week

~8 beers/week

4-5 miles/beer

My beers to miles ratio is probably close to 2:1.

61 year old male

26

50-60 mpw

8-10 bpw

What's better than finishing a long run on a hot summer day? Chugging a cold brew after finishing a long run on a hot summer day.

37 yrs

15-20 beers

70-80 mpw

So about 1:4

21

75-85 mpw

10-15 bpw

5-8 miles per beer

0000atmeal wrote:

How many beers do you drink in relation to miles that you run?

One per lap.

Beer_Miler. wrote:

0000atmeal wrote:

How many beers do you drink in relation to miles that you run?

One per lap.

http://www.beermile.com/rules

that would be a beer:mile of 4:1. that's excessive. one should always maintain a 1:1 ratio

1:1 ratio would be pretty crazy for the mpw of some that have already responded!

I'm finding these responses interesting. I'm competitive at a local level and always wonder if the guys that I compete against have the same drinking habits that I do. It's not uncommon, for instance, to go to a BBQ and have 5-6 beers throughout a Saturday and then run a hard 15 miles the next morning. But, afterwards, I find myself thinking that this probably isn't a normal thing for those who consider themselves "competitive" at any level.

Given the responses so far, maybe it's more commonplace than I thought.

Currently, about 35-40 MPW, 15-20 BPW.

For me, over the short to medium-term yes, higher mileage corresponds to higher beer. Mainly because higher mileage means higher hunger, higher thirst, higher sleep, etc... And absolutely it helps with hangovers - if you can stumble your way out the door and survive the first couple of miles, you can burn off almost anything (although this does seem to be harder in my 30s as opposed to 20s).

Over the longer-term I actually find that higher mileage reduces my craving for beer. If I ran this morning, then I need healthy grains, proteins and vegetables throughout the day, and although I'll happily enjoy a beer or three in the evening, if I know that I'm running again the next morning (and looking forward to it - thanks, endorphins!), I'll stop drinking and going to bed.

In terms of pure energy conversions, a typical (good) beer clocks in around 200 calories, which is about 2 miles (for a male ~150 lbs).

Not limiting it to just beer - 1 12 oz beer, 1 oz of bourbon or 1 glass of wine, I would say 20 drinks per week and 15-20 mpw so 1:1 or 1.25:1. If you count other forms of exercise i.e. cycling, surfing, swimming, basketball, flag football, then it would be more like 1:3

44 y/o who used to run more.

1/7.14

14 beers/100mpw give or take on both accounts

40 mpw

70 bpw

for me 1 beer / 3.75 miles

also 30 years old

if i increased 15 miles a week, i think my beer consumption would stay the same ~ about 12 a week.

50 or so mpw

20 or so bpw

2.5 bpm

59 years old

This year so far...

100-110mpw

0 beers total.

Call it 1 beer for math sake and a ratio of 1:3,000.

40 to 50 MPW, probably 20 to 25 BPW.

Beer consumption definitely increases as mileage goes up -- it's just the easiest and tastiest way to get calories, and they're the easiest calories to take in post-run. I usually gorge on lunch during the day and then beers in the evening.