Runner Drinks A Beer For Every Mile Of Half Marathon And Smashes It

Okay right, so I probably don't need to tell you that there's a trend in modern society for people go to the gym rather than go to the pub.

If you're somebody who still likes going out and getting rat-arsed over getting on a fucking cross-trainer, then you'll probably have noticed it: pubs and bars generally are getting deader and deader.

In fact, there's a stat that pubs are closing at the rate of 27 per week - which is not good. Oh no. Oh no. Oh no it's not.

Credit: PA

So anyway, with this all in mind I suppose you're going to think I'm going to lecture you on how health is over-rated and it's time for people to get back to pints of Guinness and pork scratchings - but no you'd be wrong.

Actually what I'm saying is that maybe we need a bit of compromise, you know what I mean, maybe we can keep on this societal-wide health kick whilst we also go back to getting hammered.

What am I suggesting?

Well, here's a prototype of what I'm thinking provided by a bloke in America ...

So what do we have there then?

My sources tell me that the man in the video is Emmet Farnan, a college senior.

He took the concept of the beer mile and applied it to the half marathon by slamming a beer for every mile. In case you don't know what a 'beer mile' is, it's where a runner drinks a beer for every lap on a 400-meter track whilst running - you've guessed it - a mile.

Farnan managed to complete the race in 1:43:42, which is impressive even if you're not drunk.

So what are we saying then pals, are we all about to quit the sesh and/or the gym, and instead amalgamate the two and do this kind of 'lets get pissed but lets also get fit' shit instead?

And for all those people who do love a pint, GoEuro has put together a list of the cheapest places in the world to pick up a beer, both at the bar or in a supermarket.

For the second year in a row Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, has come out on top.

You can get a 33cl bottle of beer at the shops for 51 US cents (41p). On average, you can get the same sized beer at the pub for $2.80 (£2.25).

Featured Image Credit: YouTube/Emmet Farnan

Topics: Drunk, Alcohol, Drinking

James Dawson

James Dawson is a Journalist at LADbible. He has contributed articles to LADbible’s ‘Knowing Me, Knowing EU’ series on the EU referendum, the 'Electoral Dysfunction' series on the 2017 general election, the ‘U OK M8?’ series tackling mental health amongst young men, and for its ‘Climate Change’ initiative in partnership with National Geographic.

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