Missoula Beer Mile - Q4 Running Edition

Missoula Beer Mile - Q4 Running Edition

Tue October 28, 2025

Missoula, MT 59801 US

Description

Do you make bad choices? Are you maybe susceptible to peer pressure? Have you never understood why Tuesday Track is not also a Thirsty Thursday? If that sounds like you, you should come out to Missoula's first and only camera-timed beer mile. With official timing and scoring via FinishLynx - the same system used at Hayward Field - but run on a dirt track to keep things fitting for a race in Montana. The festivities will start at 6:30, with races starting at 7:00 or whenever the race director thinks it's time to start. Then for folks who are still standing, a trip to Flippers for Raniers on the race director. Stick around after the mile for a cigarette 400- run one lap all out while keeping a cigarette lit. Don't drink beer? Think N/A beer is a cop out? We've got a division for you - drink 5% regulation beer-mile beers, Athletic Brewing, Kombucha, Cream Soda, La Croix, anything really - just come with 4 of them and racing flats and good vibes. Events are free to run, but BYOB.

Official Beer Mile Rules

• Each competitor drinks four cans or bottles of beer and runs four laps around a standard 400m running track (start with chugging a beer, then run a lap, then beer, then lap, then beer, then lap, then beer, then lap - finish).
• Beer must be consumed before the lap begins within the transition area.
• The transition area is the 9-meter zone between the waterfall starting line for a mile race and the finish line of a 400m track.
• The race begins with competitors lined up on the mile starting line, drinking the first beer in the transition zone described in the step above. This ensures competitors cover a complete mile.
• Competitors can walk/move in the transition area while drinking, but all beer must be consumed in the transition area before setting off to run a lap.
• Women also drink four beers and run four laps (some past rule lists only required ladies to drink three beers).
• Competitors must drink canned or bottled beer that is no less than 355mL (12 Oz) in volume, which is the standard can/bottle size in the USA and some other countries.
• No specialized cans or bottles may be used that give an advantage by allowing the beer to pour at a faster rate (e.g. wide mouth bottles/cans).
• Beer cans must not be tampered with in any manner. (e.g. no shotgunning, puncturing the can, squeezing the can, etc.). The same applies for bottles - no straws or other aids allowed that speed up the pouring process. The only action allowed is opening the can with the tab at the top or twisting off the bottle cap of a bottle.
• Beer must be a minimum of 5% alcohol by volume. Hard ciders, hard sodas, and other alcoholic sugary drinks will not suffice. The beer must be a fermented alcoholic beverage brewed from malted cereal grains and flavored with hops.
• Each beer can/bottle must not be opened until the competitor enters the transition zone on each lap.
• Competitors who vomit before they finish the race must complete one penalty lap at the end of the race (immediately after the completion of their 4th lap). Vomiting more than once during the race still only requires one penalty lap at the end.