Sunday is the Missoula Marathon which means the vast majority of runners are in some sort of taper as part of their training plan. Webster’s defines “taper” as the “gradual diminution of thickness, diameter, or width in an elongated object.” Um . . er . . . . . that raises all manner of interesting…
Any lingering doubt about the intersection of craft beer and running was wiped away Wednesday night in Missoula as hundreds of runners, walkers and craft beer enthusiasts packed Kettlehouse Brewing Co.’s northside location for Community U-Nite in support of Run Wild Missoula. Runners in the Run Wild Missoula marathon training group gathered under threatening skies…
Each Wednesday, Kettlehouse Brewing Co.’s Northside location hosts a different non-profit organization for a fundraiser, with fifty cents of every pint sold donated to that organization. This Wednesday, June 29, 2011, beer and running come together to support Run Wild Missoula. Run Wild Missoula’s beer run will take off from the brewery (313 N. 1st…
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,…
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…
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…
For the same reason I didn’t buy great running shoes until I knew I was going to stick with it, I was reluctant to call myself a runner until I’d trained for and run my first race – and decided to keep running afterward. Well, that happened this past Sunday when I completed the Missoula…
The 2010 Missoula Marathon and Half Marathon is in the books and I had an even better time than I expected. I’ll post a full race report soon, but I’m betting both my fans are anxiously waiting to hear which beer I picked for my celebration brew. As you will no doubt remember, the list…
Pneumonia sucks. Precisely one day after posting this entry extolling how wonderful my half marathon training was going I was handed a serious change to my training plan. I headed out for my regular Wednesday evening training run with the Run Wild Missoula group thinking I would run through the return of a head cold…