Welcome to the world's premier drinking event
The Beer Mile is equal parts gastric challenge and athletic endeavor, requiring competitors to drink a 355ml beer (5% minimum ABV) before every quarter mile of the race, totaling four beers over the one-mile course.
- Miles Run
- 44,296
- Beers Drank
- 177,184
- Events Hosted
- 4,516
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What is the Beer Mile?
In the vast world of extreme sports, there exists a sub-culture called "digestive athletics." The most famous, glorified, respected and celebrated of all the events of this underworld is the Beer Mile.
The rules are brutally simple: chug a beer, run a quarter mile. Repeat four times. Vomit, and you owe the track a penalty lap. It's part pub crawl, part track meet — a sport where Olympic milers and weekend warriors line up on the exact same start line, chasing the exact same absurd, glorious goal.
No shortcuts. No excuses. Just four beers, four laps, and a stopwatch.
Official Selection — Paladino D'Oro Sport Film Festival, Italy
Beer Mile: The Film
World record holder Corey Bellemore and Olympian Shelby Houlihan go all-in on the sport that combines a mile of running with four beers. After premiering at the Paladino D'Oro Sport Film Festival in Italy, Beer Mile: The Film is now streaming free for the world to watch.
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