100 beers drunk and 100 miles run in fewer than 100 hours

[Stathakis]

the so-called tricentennial challenge, a legend among college track teams everywhere. only one man has ever completed it... in 79 hours.



inb4 "where's the proof." they had a twitter feed with pics, and it's hard to 100% monitor someone's life for 79 hours
inb4 "does he even lift." he's a distance runner. lifting would make him slower.

[Rolling]

drink 1 beer and run 1 mile every hour........ seems easy srs


running > lifting, agreed

[Stathakis]

gotta fit in sleeping time as well. it's not as easy as it sounds. on average, the guy ran a marathon every day while having 30 beers/day in him. running more than 3 marathons in 4 days is hard. doing it wasted? good luck brah.

[Billster]

drink 1 beer and run 1 mile every hour........ seems easy srs


running > lifting, agreed

ok drink 24 beers and run 24 miles for basically 4 days straight

oo and right you gotta sleep

[Rob711]

I guess this means i better start training.

[bazzy]

That video was embarrassing to watch

[Sublime82]

I'll stick to a regular beer mile thank you.

[Rolling]

10 miles in the morning, 14 at night

12 beers post morning run, eat & nap, 12 beers post night run... sleep and repeat for 4 days

honestly does not seem that hard, would try if i was still in my collegiate track shape and had nothing to do for 4 days

[QTBaker]

gotta fit in sleeping time as well. it's not as easy as it sounds. on average, the guy ran a marathon every day while having 30 beers/day in him. running more than 3 marathons in 4 days is hard. doing it wasted? good luck brah.

you are talking about competitive timings though, elite athletes might do that but they are running them in 2 hours. You could run 3 marathons in 4 days much easier doing it non-competitively.

[YellowOnYellow]

gotta fit in sleeping time as well. it's not as easy as it sounds. on average, the guy ran a marathon every day while having 30 beers/day in him. running more than 3 marathons in 4 days is hard. doing it wasted? good luck brah.

Its 26.2 miles right? Each day has 24 hours. You have to average a marathon/day/24 pack of budlight. What's the prize? 1 million dollars?

Brb goodluck on your dieing goals of 2012

[Stathakis]

10 miles in the morning, 14 at night

12 beers post morning run, eat & nap, 12 beers post night run... sleep and repeat for 4 days

honestly does not seem that hard, would try if i was still in my collegiate track shape and had nothing to do for 4 days

I can't say with certainty, as I am just getting into triple digit weeks myself (and taking that shyt SLOW), but I'd imagine it's a lot harder in practice than in theory. you're a track guy, so you know that accumulated workouts get harder and harder, and taking a hard day or two in a row is no big deal, but bad for you by 4 in a row. I'd imagine that 30 beers / 30 miles per day has a similar effect.


the beauty of the challenge is how far drinking and running are from each other, in terms of being good at them. to be able to run 100 miles in 4 days at ANY pace, you have to run a lot in training, which makes you thin, which makes you less efficient at holding alcohol. to hold alcohol, it's better to weigh more, which will certainly land you in a hospital bed with all sorts of problems if you try to run too much.

you are talking about competitive timings though, elite athletes might do that but they are running them in 2 hours. You could run 3 marathons in 4 days much easier doing it non-competitively.

lol. the 5'10 115 lb kenyans and ethiopians who are running sub-2:05 marathons (and trust me, nobody else is) would probably die of alcohol poisoning before the first day ended.

[ScottishBrah]

Would be tough as fuk.

I suppose drinking 2 beers with 2 litres of water ever hour, then it would be alright.

Would be feeling seriously sh't after the 50 hour mark

[PresidentialApe]

Sounds hella hard.

Would watch someone try to do it though! :P

[Stathakis]

mast fisc


I think many of you guys are discounting the difficulty of running 100 miles in 4 days. there was another, so-called "fat guy" who tried to do the challenge with the skinnier "fast guy" depicted in the vid. fat guy got about 40 miles in the week, but handled his drink better. "fat guy" was a regular runner and still ended up destroyed.

[Armstrongha]

Could do this in 30 ish hours

If completed a mile every 15 mins and drank a beer as well would take 30 hours to go 100 miles and drink 100 beers.

[Rolling]

mast fisc


I think many of you guys are discounting the difficulty of running 100 miles in 4 days. there was another, so-called "fat guy" who tried to do the challenge with the skinnier "fast guy" depicted in the vid. fat guy got about 40 miles in the week, but handled his drink better. "fat guy" was a regular runner and still ended up destroyed.

agreed that 100 miles in 4 days would be hell on your body but i believe it would not be a problem for someone who trains at 70-90 miles / week.

1) you're not training, you can slow your pace down considerably
2) runners at such a high weekly mileage don't necessarily become overtrained or injured from 1 week of high miles, it's more of the compounding week after week of 70-100 miles

we should try this op, the more i think about it the more fun it sounds

[Stathakis]

agreed that 100 miles in 4 days would be hell on your body but i believe it would not be a problem for someone who trains at 70-90 miles / week.

1) you're not training, you can slow your pace down considerably
2) runners at such a high weekly mileage don't necessarily become overtrained or injured from 1 week of high miles, it's more of the compounding week after week of 70-100 miles

we should try this op, the more i think about it the more fun it sounds

I would try, but
1. I am under 21 (18), so wouldn't be able to publicize/brag about results if I did complete it
2. I am a former 400m guy who is still unable to handle triple digit weeks. I've been chilling at 70 for a little while and slowly raising it, and I ran a 102 mile week last week, but I did it all at 8:30+ per mile and am tired as hell every day.
3. at 5'4 125 lbs, I am not the best drinker myself. I am gaining weight, but I am trying to do it while running high(ish) mileage, which is a SLOW process


give me a year to acclimate to the mileage and to age a little bit and gain some weight, and I would gladly try it with you.


will get you on r/c. if you attempt any time soon, PLEASE keep me posted. it would be amazing

Its 26.2 miles right? Each day has 24 hours. You have to average a marathon/day/24 pack of budlight. What's the prize? 1 million dollars?

Brb goodluck on your dieing goals of 2012

the prize is eternal glory in the running world

[roger79]

Impressive!

LOL'd at 4.2% beer... is this even beer?

[Stathakis]

he did it in 97.5 hours with 4.2% beer, then did it again in 79 hours with 5% beer, which is standard...