Tim Cigelske is THE Beer Runner. (I, in contrast am content merely being A beer runner.) Tim writes the Beer Runner Blog for Draft Magazine, exploring the intersection between loving craft beer and living an active healthy lifestyle. For the year leading up to his 30th birthday, Tim decided to do something epic – run…
I’m breaking zero new ground when I say the psychology of running is as important as the physical elements. Still, I’ve learned a complete appreciation for this concept comes only through personal experience. Even then, the lessons keep changing, tossing sadistic pop-quizzes into the road right when you decide you’ve figured it out. Last year,…
We found ourselves in Helena, MT, for a few days recently while taking care of a variety of work matters. Thankfully, we don’t work 24 hours a day which leaves a little time here and there to check out what’s new in the the craft brewing world. We had a chance to check out both…
To my knowledge, I’ve never been flipped off while out on a run. I’ve wanted to flip off a few drivers, but kept it to a “what the hell” kind of a shrug. I’ve even been hit by a car while out on a run. But that’s not “the finger” I’m talking about. Most of…
Today is Thursday, February 24, 2011. It is still winter. We’re being reminded of that with temperatures around 5 degrees and winds of 25 mph creating wind chills of 20 below. The predicted snow is largely a bust, but it is not a day to be outside. Where we live in the Missoula Valley, we…
Miles. Not beers. The beers come easy. Not the miles. There’s gifted athletes and then there’s me. Much more content drinking and writing about beer than pounding out the miles on the pavement. Still, from somewhere unknown comes a primeval need to compete. Not against others. Against me. For me, actually. I’ve written before about…
Stretched out along the length of the Higgins Avenue Bridge Wednesday evening, more than 110 runners set out on Run Wild Missoula’s monthly beer run for a chance to run with Micha True, better known in running circles as Caballo Blanco. The run preceded an “interactive discussion with beer” led by the man himself to…
Don’t forget about this special opportunity for a beer run with one of the celebrities of the running world. Caballo Blanco (Micha True) of “Born to Run” fame will be in Missoula next Wednesday, October 27, 2010, for an “interactive discussion with beer” as a fundraiser for the Tarahumara Indians and the Copper Canyon epic…
By the time I was done with the the Missoula Half Marathon back in July, I knew this running thing would be a regular deal, not a one shot thing. I like the way my new level of fitness feels. Remember those old BowFlex commercials that ran nonstop on television back in the 90s (maybe…
Run Wild Missoula’s new monthly beer run is proving to be quite popular. More than 35 runners turned out on an unusually hot September evening for a four mile run and the great rewards that awaited. Chancellor of Libations Pat Cross led us on a circuitous route along the riverfront trail, through the university and…