Beer Run

U.S. Olympic track star Nick Symmonds just ran a mile in 5:19 … which isn’t very impressive … until you realize he chugged 4 BEERS along the way.

Symmonds was gunning for the world record in something called the ” Beer Mile ” … which requires athletes to chug an entire “full-sized” brewski at the beginning of the race … and another full can of suds at every quarter-mile mark along the way.

28-year-old Symmonds — who finished 5th in the 800m race at the Olympics in London — was hoping to break the world record, 5:09, set by Canadian marathon legend Jim Finlayson.



Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2012/08/23/nick-symmonds-beer-mile-olympics/#ixzz24OfQavlN