Olympian Nick Symmonds chugs brewskies while running race

Here's one way to drown your sorrows after failing to medal at the Olympics. U.S. runner Nick Symmonds, who finished fifth in the 800-meter race in London, tried to set a new world record Tuesday in the Beer Mile, a race in Oregon that requires racers to suck down a full beer — Symmonds chose Coors — at the starting gun and then every quarter of a mile thereafter. The track star chugged through his mile in the U.S. record-setting time of 5:15, unfortunately not fast enough to best the 5:09 world record held by Canadian marathoner Jim Finlayson. A real rivalry may be brewing, but with a little more practice and dedication, we bet Symmonds can get that record in the can. [Source]

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