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Lewis Kent - New Beer Mile World Record - 4:51.!
Lewis kent run's a new Beer Mile WR - 4:51.9 Phil Parrot-Migas runs a huge PB - 5:07.8
Posted 7 years ago by Trackie | Source: Philippe Parrot-Migas
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Anonymous
Posts: 57354Beer mile critic said 7 years ago
What does this have to do with competitive distance running? To me it seems like a binge drinking competition. Maybe this would fit better on another website
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Posts: 1085Meizner said 7 years ago
The thread for the tight-corseted Victorian era teetotallers can be found under: gender equity redux. Move on thanks.
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Anonymous
Posts: 57354Anonymous said 7 years ago
Quoting: Beer mile critic
"What does this have to do with competitive distance running? To me it seems like a binge drinking competition. Maybe this would fit better on another website"
It started for fun and its turned into a fun competitive sport like chill. And it's harder then it looks so dont judge until you have tried it. Why does running and everything have to be serious all the time? Just have fun people Quote comment -
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Jun 1st, 2005
Posts: 1002pq said 7 years ago
Not that I condone beer miling, being a tight-corsetted teetotaller myself, but I echo that this is a very difficult endeavour, not for the faint-hearted. My beer mile PB (and in fact my only attempt at the distance, and with a gammy foot...) is almost 4 minutes slower than my best non-beer mile, and I didn't "lose" any beer along the way, which did happen to some of my much more talented buddies in the same race, slowing them down way more than you might think... You need multiple skills to do well in this event.
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Posts: 1002pq said 7 years ago
Just watched the video, those were some really impressive beer splits for both guys! Awe inspiring.
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Posts: 51RunFastTurnLeft said 7 years ago
Anyone who doesn't see the link to track must have been "That guy" on the team who didn't get invited... Sorry "Beer Mile Critic", but the teammates people like are having a discussion here
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Anonymous
Posts: 57354Anonymous said 7 years ago
Honestly, now that the novelty has worn off, can we stop giving beer milers so much attention?
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It's fun and all, I have no problem with runners doing beer miles - they're a great way to bond with teammates or end the season on a good note. But, with all due respect to Lewis Kent, beer miling is not nearly as competitive a sport as actual track and field, and there are myriad young Canadian athletes accomplishing far more impressive feats with far less coverage.
Wouldn't the attention that he is receiving be better given to up-and-comers like Thomas Riva, Aaron Hendrikx, Ross Proudfoot, Justin Kent etc. who I basically never see covered on here? -
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Posts: 521brad said 7 years ago
Quoting: Beer mile critic
"What does this have to do with competitive distance running? To me it seems like a binge drinking competition. Maybe this would fit better on another website"
I too am getting tired of seeing the constant "beer mile world record" videos and threads.
It's somewhat acceptable when there is, or has been, a legitimate organized competition. The "world records" which occur in what are, essentially, hand timed workouts (on an iphone?!), however, should not be considered actual World Records and do not need to be headlines.
No one cares what you run in a workout, whether or not it's video taped. If beer were not involved and Kent had run 3:42, would anyone claim this as the mile world record? No, of course not. Would anyone on here claim a run done in a workout as their PR? Also no. Ok then, let's move on. Quote comment -
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Oct 31st, 2013
Posts: 65DOSsantos said 7 years ago
Quoting: brad
"I too am getting tired of seeing the constant "beer mile world record" videos and threads.
It's somewhat acceptable when there is, or has been, a legitimate organized competition. The "world records" which occur in what are, essentially, hand timed workouts (on an iphone?!), however, should not be considered actual World Records and do not need to be headlines.
No one cares what you run in a workout, whether or not it's video taped. If beer were not involved and Kent had run 3:42, would anyone claim this as the mile world record? No, of course not. Would anyone on here claim a run done in a workout as their PR? Also no. Ok then, let's move on."
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Anonymous
Posts: 57354Don't player hate said 7 years ago
Quoting: brad
"I too am getting tired of seeing the constant "beer mile world record" videos and threads.
It's somewhat acceptable when there is, or has been, a legitimate organized competition. The "world records" which occur in what are, essentially, hand timed workouts (on an iphone?!), however, should not be considered actual World Records and do not need to be headlines.
No one cares what you run in a workout, whether or not it's video taped. If beer were not involved and Kent had run 3:42, would anyone claim this as the mile world record? No, of course not. Would anyone on here claim a run done in a workout as their PR? Also no. Ok then, let's move on."
I think someone's a little peanut butter and jealous.
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Anonymous
Posts: 57354Anonymous said 7 years ago
Congratulations to Lewis on his new World Record!!!
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Can't wait to see him kill it in Texas!! -
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Posts: 2Reaper said 7 years ago
I think the beer mile does give this site a bit more of a fun feel and it gives a chance to athletes like Lewis Kent (who probably won't make the world stage for track and field) to shine.
Maybe it is a little goofy but why should this event be any different from a regular mile/1500? Just because it started getting coverage a lot later than those races doesn't mean it's worthless.
And yeah they run them on the track filming with an iPhone because they don't have official races every weekend like track does.
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Oct 8th, 2015
Posts: 53Dave Weedle said 7 years ago
Quoting: Anonymous
"Honestly, now that the novelty has worn off, can we stop giving beer milers so much attention?
It's fun and all, I have no problem with runners doing beer miles - they're a great way to bond with teammates or end the season on a good note. But, with all due respect to Lewis Kent, beer miling is not nearly as competitive a sport as actual track and field, and there are myriad young Canadian athletes accomplishing far more impressive feats with far less coverage."
It's a new sport so of course the competition is not as competitive as a sport that's been around for hundreds of years. And yes it is very challenging considering that Nick Symmonds (an OLYMPIAN) can't even break 5:40 in the beer mile. If the x-games can get as big as it is then I'm sure the beer mile will take off, especially considering that it's only really started to gain steam in the last year or so. Quote comment -
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Posts: 1085Meizner said 7 years ago
I'll ask again-- this time in proper English. What are Kent's track PRs? Since I don't know off hand his 1500 is likely not that far under 4 minutes which in many ways makes it all the more impressive. Lets say he's a 350 1500 guy at best = 410 miler. He's only adding on 41 seconds to drink 4 beers... that's damn impressive!
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Anonymous
Posts: 57354Anonymous said 7 years ago
http://www.all-athletics.com/node/997195
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According to all-athletics these are his PB's. Not too sure on the accuracy of it tho -
Anonymous
Posts: 57354Anonymous said 7 years ago
Quoting: Meizner
"I'll ask again-- this time in proper English. What are Kent's track PRs? Since I don't know off hand his 1500 is likely not that far under 4 minutes which in many ways makes it all the more impressive. Lets say he's a 350 1500 guy at best = 410 miler. He's only adding on 41 seconds to drink 4 beers... that's damn impressive!"
His 1500m PB is 3:58 http://www.trackie.com/track-and-field/Results/2014-ao-outdoor-jr-sr-track-field-champs/2734/ Quote comment -
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Posts: 53Dave Weedle said 7 years ago
Quoting: Meizner
"I'll ask again-- this time in proper English. What are Kent's track PRs? Since I don't know off hand his 1500 is likely not that far under 4 minutes which in many ways makes it all the more impressive. Lets say he's a 350 1500 guy at best = 410 miler. He's only adding on 41 seconds to drink 4 beers... that's damn impressive!"
His PB for the mile is 4:15, so only adding on 36 seconds for 4 beers. Now that's impressive! Quote comment -
Anonymous
Posts: 57354Anonymous said 7 years ago
Quoting: Meizner
"I'll ask again-- this time in proper English. What are Kent's track PRs? Since I don't know off hand his 1500 is likely not that far under 4 minutes which in many ways makes it all the more impressive. Lets say he's a 350 1500 guy at best = 410 miler. He's only adding on 41 seconds to drink 4 beers... that's damn impressive!"
Here are Kent's track PBs from what I know:
1500m - 3:58
3000m - 8:50
Not too sure about road times, but he ran 33:47 for 10k at the Queen's Open this year. Quote comment -
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Posts: 1085Meizner said 7 years ago
Indeed. That's 9s per beer drinking time with no slowing on the run allowed!
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Anonymous
Posts: 57354Open Mind said 7 years ago
I think the point here is that life should not be taken so seriously.
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Posts: 3EastBae said 7 years ago
If you arent interested in the beer mile ..... DON"T CLICK THE LINK! I honestly don't understand the people on here whining..... Everyone can post, click, watch, run, drink whatever they want to. Lewis Kent likes to beer mile and apparently people like to watch it and talk about it. Start a thread on whatever you want, just stop B****ing on this one. Heres an idea.... start a beer mile whining thread!!! Anyways, HUGE shout out to Lewis and Phil.... A WR and a 5:07 a couple days after CIS.... Can't wait to see these guys with medals around their necks in a few weeks.
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Posts: 60LifesGood said 7 years ago
Quoting: EastBae
"If you arent interested in the beer mile ..... DON"T CLICK THE LINK! I honestly don't understand the people on here whining..... Everyone can post, click, watch, run, drink whatever they want to. Lewis Kent likes to beer mile and apparently people like to watch it and talk about it. Start a thread on whatever you want, just stop B****ing on this one. Heres an idea.... start a beer mile whining thread!!! Anyways, HUGE shout out to Lewis and Phil.... A WR and a 5:07 a couple days after CIS.... Can't wait to see these guys with medals around their necks in a few weeks."
Amen!! Well said!
And, this sport is finally getting some publicity. Weren't we all complaining that it wasn't on another thread? Now we have it, yet we still aren't happy. Pick your battles folk! OR, go have a couple of beers, fun a few laps and just relax :) Quote comment -
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Posts: 5586kris said 7 years ago
People love the story and it touches the mass market.
Much like Curling.... The Brier averages 1.9 million viewers for the final. Reason why it's so high, regular people can relate to it, hey lets go curl and have a few beer after. Very similar to the beer mike, hey I like to run and I like to drink beer.. It's a winning story and media love it. I've said this a million times, athletics needs to innovate and keep up with other sports to stay in the public eye.
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"Honestly, now that the novelty has worn off, can we stop giving beer milers so much attention?
It's fun and all, I have no problem with runners doing beer miles - they're a great way to bond with teammates or end the season on a good note. But, with all due respect to Lewis Kent, beer miling is not nearly as competitive a sport as actual track and field, and there are myriad young Canadian athletes accomplishing far more impressive feats with far less coverage.
Wouldn't the attention that he is receiving be better given to up-and-comers like Thomas Riva, Aaron Hendrikx, Ross Proudfoot, Justin Kent etc. who I basically never see covered on here?" -
Anonymous
Posts: 57354Anonymous said 7 years ago
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Track and Field needs more attention brought to it, so if beer miles catch the notice of a public not otherwise invested in track and field, then that's a win. Sure.
But this website is not a general news or general sports website - it's a track and field website, targeted at people who are already hardcore fans/participants. Shouldn't Trackie, at least, focus their coverage on some of the sublime aforementioned young athletes Canada has on the rise, rather than post a collection of articles on the beer mile escapades of Lewis Kent? Quote comment -
Anonymous
Posts: 57354Anonymous said 7 years ago
Winnipeg beer mile runner hopes to guzzle way back to world record
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Posts: 2238Trackie said 7 years ago
Brooks Interview with Lewis:
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Eat, Sleep, Drink, Run, Repeat. A Q&A with Beer Miler Lewis Kent
http://talk.brooksrunning.com/blog/2015/11/20/eat-sleep-drink-run-repeat-a-qa-with-beer-miler-lewis-kent/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=mkt_BeerMile -
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Posts: 2238Trackie said 7 years ago
Quote commentThe Beer Mile Broken down by World Record Holder Lewis Kent
Lewis Kent on the Discovery Channel tonight.
Posted by Kris Mychasiw on Thursday, November 19, 2015
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