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Beer Mile

Beer mile is an age- and rule-dependent track race: four drink stops are combined with four 400 m laps. Total time decides, but local alcohol laws, safety limits and non-alcohol variants must be handled explicitly.

LevelMain sport FamilyAthletics CategoryAthletics

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Classification

Category Athletics

Family Athletics

Level Main sport

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Mile race with four 400 m laps and one drink before each lap.

Geeignet für Suitable only for legal-age healthy adults in a lawful, supervised context or for non-alcohol variants.

Cost Low, but only legal and age-appropriate; non-alcohol test variants are the safe entry. Track access, timing, drinks by rule variant, water and safe transport home. Running-club fun event, legal beer-mile event or non-alcohol club variant. Do not use a generic beginner running tip; state alcohol context and local rules clearly.

First progress Flow is clear after one simulation; race pace needs a running base.

Fitness level medium to high

Was du brauchst

400 m track
rule-compliant drinks or non-alcohol variant
timing
support person
water
safe transport home

First steps

check local law and age
test a non-alcohol simulation
mark track and transition zone
run easy
set a stop signal

Legal event, running club, BeerMile.com rule context or non-alcohol test group.

Do not drive, do not force it with health risks/heat, use voluntary non-alcohol variants and obey local law.

Weitere Angaben

Tags running, novelty, recreation, beer-mile, athletics, leichtathletik, beer-mile-lauf, beer-mile-race

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Complete four drinks and four track laps legally in the best total time.

Teilnehmer

individual starters.

Teamgröße

individual.

Spielfeld

400 m track with transition zone.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

total time plus any penalties.

Gewinnbedingung

Best valid time, placing or score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

running shoes
drinks by rule variant
timing
water

Wichtige Regelpunkte

drink not legally finished
leaving transition zone
breach of local alcohol/event rule
unsafe conduct

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Official Beer Mile Rules BeerMile.com · official-rules · high
Beer Mile BeerMile.com · event-records-guide · medium
How to Run Your Best Beer Mile Fleet Feet · beginner-blog-guide · medium