The Beer Mile or The Beer Mile has already become a classic race. Last year it was to be held in virtual format, but this year the English city of Manchester hosted this big event last weekend. Test in which we saw how the Canadian athlete Corey Bellemore once again set a new world record, since he was the first in history that manages to drop below 4:30 in this curious and crazy race.
The athletes have to cover 1,609 meters, alternating the race with a long drink of barley juice. The can or the bottle it cannot be less than 355 milliliters, nor have an alcohol content of less than 5%. After four turns, 1.4 liters will have been consumed, if they do not end up with the tartan much sooner. But that can penalize you, because if you vomit before you finish, you have to do another lap immediately after. In addition, each participant must open their container without any help in the area offered to them.
Corey Bellemore: A true expert
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Well, with four cans of beer in his body, this University of Windsor-trained young man pulled off the feat of complete the mile in an incredible time of 4:28 and beating American Chris Robertson (4: 40.20) and Sweden’s Jonas Andersson (5: 00.00). This brand makes him the first athlete in the world to go under 4:30 in this race. Bellemore is proud of his brand and has shown it on his social networks.
“A 55 second first lap put money in the bank for the remainder of the race. Happy to leave the UK with a new 4:28 WR. Thank you to all the organizers and other riders for having did this quickly. Travel so fun. Until next time. “And he added that he waits “translate this into a real career … soon”.
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The Canadian, who has a personal best of 3:57 in the mile, is a regular at this event which moves the masses and in which teams compete (the American took the mixed relay section). In 2016, it ran at 4:39; two days later he competed in London at 4:34:35 and in 2017 he stopped the clock at 4:33: 6 in San Francisco.
In the female category, the title was won by the American Allison Grace Morgan, 38, for the third time in a row. Mother of twins and with a mark of 1:13 in the half marathon, this time she could not break her own Beer Mile world record which she achieved last year with 6: 16.5 and this time she stopped the stopwatch at a time of 6:32: 2. While second, Briton Polly Keen set a new European record and a personal best of 6: 45.6, and American Kassandra Marin was third at 7:10.
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