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The Welcome Back Kurt Beer Mile on Shelly's Birthday
Edmonton, AB
2005-06-03

Conditions: Overcast, humid, infield sprinklers turned on

created by user iron_mike

	Name	Time	Sex	Age	Beer	Notes
1.	Chris Brown	8:00.0	M	24	AGD, from can	first mile
2.	Kurt Woytiuk	9:26.0	M	24	Pilsner, from can	first mile
3.	Mike "Better"	9:47.0	M	22	Pilsner, from can	wore a wifebeater
4.	Liz "Hardcore" Hoeppner	9:49.0	F	21	Pilsner, from can	didn't puke, wore black underwear
5.	Jodi "Beer Mile" Benowski	9:50.0	F	23	Big Rock Grasshopper, from can	harder than Ironman
6.	Mike Callaghan	10:08.0	M	25	Guinness, from can	king cans
7.	Dana Bratland	15:28.0	F	24	Big Rock Grasshopper, from can	wore a cowboy hat
8.	Emily Young	15:38.0	F	24	Big Rock Grasshopper, from can	claims 'triathletes make the best lovers'
9.	Michelle Rau	24:16.0	F	23	Canadian, from can	wore a prom dress
10.	Taylor Eshpeter	26:17.0	M	23	Canadian, from can	penalty lap

Race Notes:

Brown shot out to an early lead which he never relinquished, finishing his rookie mile in a sturdy 8-flat. Woytiuk, running injured, backed off the torrid pace up front and ran a controlled race, comfortably edging the Mikes (and Taylor).

The women's event proved more dramatic, with Benowski and Hoeppner charging to the line side-by-side. In the end, youth carried the day and it was Hardcore Liz who leaned at the tape and won by a leg. Likewise Young and Bratland found themselves locked in an epic battle; Dana's footspeed brought her home only yards ahead of Emily, the better chugger.

Rau and Eshpeter win spirit awards for competing in a prom dress and a pea cap, respectively. Their race may also have come down to the wire had Taylor not been assessed a boot lap for flagrantly vomit-staining lane 6. It should be noted, though, that Taylor exploded from the blocks and took the 100m drunken dash by several lengths in what may have been the performance of the night.

Special thanks to Lauren Brown and Arden Young, the race officials who kept things running like clockwork.