Breaking: The Greatest Day Ever in the History of the Beer Mile - World Record Falls Twice in Same Day

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  • LetsRun.com
    your benevolent dictator
    4 years ago 08/07/2015 10:45pm CDT
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    Earlier today in Australia, Josh Harris supposedly ran a 4:56.2 beer mile which if ratified would have broken James Nielsen's existing world record of 4:57.0 and tied a possible pending world record of 4:56.2.

    Now the organizers of the Beer Mile World Classic have reported that Lewis Kent in Toronto has texted them saying he broke Harris's record running 4:55.78 in Canada.

    Info here: http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=6674852#6676157

    Both guys will square off vs James Nielsen at the Beer Mile World Classic in 2 weeks time so we won't have to wait long to see who is the best.

    More info on that here:
    http://www.letsrun.com/news/2015/08/beer-mile-world-classic-in-san-francisco-august-22nd-will-we-see-the-worlds-first-sub-500-in-a-competitive-event/
  • jamin
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    4 years ago 08/07/2015 10:52pm CDT
    re: LetsRun.com
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    LetsRun.com wrote:

    Earlier today in Australia, Josh Harris supposedly ran a 3:56.25 beer mile which if ratified would have broken James Nielsen's existing world record of 3:57.0 and tied a possible pending world record of 3:57.2.

    3:57? How much weed did you smoke today?
  • xxxxxxxyyyyyy
    4 years ago 08/07/2015 11:01pm CDT
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    And how does "3:56.25" "tie the existing record of 3:57.2"????

    I'm 3 beers in tonight and I reckon I am far more sober than "Letsrun.com"
  • LetsRun.com
    your benevolent dictator
    4 years ago 08/07/2015 11:14pm CDT
    re: xxxxxxxyyyyyy
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    xxxxxxxyyyyyy wrote:

    And how does "3:56.25" "tie the existing record of 3:57.2"????

    I'm 3 beers in tonight and I reckon I am far more sober than "Letsrun.com"

    Numbers have been fixed and LRC beer cut-off on Friday night.
  • Guy On A Buffalo
    4 years ago 08/07/2015 11:26pm CDT
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    The Greatest Day in the beer mile will always be Neilsen going under 5:00 the first time, just like Bannister. No matter how many guys go under 5, he was the first. Maybe some legit pro will someday go 4:29, and that will be held up alongside, but never ahead of The Man And The Beer Mile!

    Having said that, 4:55 is worth 4:48 on the Monaco track. A Monaco DL Beer Mile would be epic.

    Not to dampen things too much, but sources have it that PIDs (performance inhibiting drugs) were used in attaining this record.

    Seriously, can we get a breathalyzer 5 minutes after the performance? If they blow above 0.09%, a $500 bonus!
  • keithstone
    4 years ago 08/07/2015 11:26pm CDT
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    'Sauga track club represent
  • sdfpovdfaopvkop
    4 years ago 08/08/2015 6:57am CDT
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    If race-walking added a beer factor would that make it cool? If not, doesn't that just throw beer-miling into the same category as race-walking, going fast as possible with speed-inhibiting regulations? Sub 5, ooooooooh...aaaaaaah.....
  • beerrunfan
    4 years ago 08/08/2015 7:37am CDT
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    Lewis:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdXnW5Wzivk
  • lolpod
    4 years ago 08/08/2015 8:38am CDT
    re: Guy On A Buffalo
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    Guy On A Buffalo wrote:

    The Greatest Day in the beer mile will always be Neilsen going under 5:00 the first time, just like Bannister. No matter how many guys go under 5, he was the first. Maybe some legit pro will someday go 4:29, and that will be held up alongside, but never ahead of The Man And The Beer Mile!

    Having said that, 4:55 is worth 4:48 on the Monaco track. A Monaco DL Beer Mile would be epic.

    Not to dampen things too much, but sources have it that PIDs (performance inhibiting drugs) were used in attaining this record.

    Seriously, can we get a breathalyzer 5 minutes after the performance? If they blow above 0.09%, a $500 bonus!

    LOL POD
  • Wallace Beery
    4 years ago 08/08/2015 9:14am CDT
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    Harris closed in about 62, Kent in 65. Sets up an interesting matchup in two weeks.
  • RunWild
    4 years ago 08/08/2015 11:22am CDT
    re: sdfpovdfaopvkop
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    If we're going by "speed-inhibiting regulations", I would put the beer mile's regulations closer to that of the steeplechase and hurdles instead of that of race walking. there is no forced (by-rule) form limitation that is stopping you, just forced fluid intake, an external object. Race-walking's speed-inhibiting regulation is entirely internal.
  • NJ Possible
    4 years ago 08/08/2015 11:31am CDT
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    beerrunfan wrote:

    Lewis:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdXnW5Wzivk

    There's a full inch of beer left in the one on the right:
    https://youtu.be/zdXnW5Wzivk?t=5m18s

    I'm not one to make a point of details, but that's a lot. Doesn't count for me, sorry.
  • Goucher Needles
    4 years ago 08/08/2015 11:49am CDT
    re: NJ Possible
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    Based on how easily Harris was running, I am positive that he's going to get under 4:50 (maybe close to 4:45) in San Fran.

    Big questions:

    1. Will FloTrack cover this World Beer Mile Classic?
    2. Will there be PED drug testing? There's too much at stake to assume that everybody will be clean.
    3. Who's inspecting the beer before the event? Does it have to been in a secure location, guarded by a neutral party? It seems like there's deflate-gate tampering potential here.


    As the voice of the sport, it seems that the Brosjo should have on the ground live coverage of the event with pre and post interviews, etc.

    Read more: http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=6674852#ixzz3iF7yBQJr
  • Colin Dignum
    4 years ago 08/08/2015 7:12pm CDT
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    I thought you had to use beer cans also.
  • FAT?
    4 years ago 08/09/2015 12:15am CDT
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    Can someone tell me why they are reporting to the hundredth of a second? I don't see any timing system in place on Kent's track that would provide that level of precision. Hand times have to be in tenths.
  • Surprise!
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    4 years ago 08/09/2015 1:17am CDT
    re: sdfpovdfaopvkop
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    sdfpovdfaopvkop wrote:

    If race-walking added a beer factor would that make it cool? If not, doesn't that just throw beer-miling into the same category as race-walking, going fast as possible with speed-inhibiting regulations? Sub 5, ooooooooh...aaaaaaah.....

    No you dipshit - it's beer! How do you not understand that?