On Saturday, Canadian runners Corey Bellemore and Jim Finlayson made historical past on the 2023 Beer Mile International Vintage in Chicago, proving that Canada is awesome at operating and ingesting–concurrently–than our American friends. Bellemore received the boys’s championship beer mile race outright in 4:30, with one shoe, whilst Finlayson set a males’s 50+ international document in 5:44.

Bellemore comes just about document

Bellemore, who hails from Tecumseh, Ont., used to be the pre-race favorite to win the championship, preserving the beer-mile international document of four:28. This yr, Bellemore needed to combat a little bit adversity, shedding one in all his spikes originally. Bellemore is a person of revel in in the case of the beer mile, and he knew time is of the essence, operating the rest of the race with one shoe.

He used to be on beer-mile international document tempo early, coming during the first lap in 60 seconds (beer + lap) and thru 800m (two beers and two laps) in 2:06. Regardless of one shoe, Bellemore simply overlooked his international document through two seconds, completing in 4:30, beating 2d position through 22 seconds.

THIS IS INSANE!! @CoreyBellemore simply misses the Beer Mile International File WITH JUST ONE SHOE ON.
Chaos within the first 50 meters of the race brought about Corey to lose a shoe and a British runner to move down.
Corey STILL runs 4:30 and dominates the boys’s championshiphttps://t.co/mixKH8LbSw

— Beer Mile Media (@beermile) July 3, 2023

Finlayson takes best honours

Heading into the Legends & Elites championship race, the ones readily available had been in a position to look the combat between two titans of the beer mile, Finlayson of Victoria, B.C., and Todd Rose of the U.S. The lads had been backward and forward within the early phases, however Finlayson discovered himself with a lead on Rose heading into lap 3. At the ultimate lap, it used to be Finlayson who got here out on best, clocking a 5:44 beer mile, with Rose completing ten seconds in the back of him. Each males now cling the highest two 50+ beer mile occasions in historical past.

Age appears to be only a quantity for Finlayson, who continues to set masters information previous 50. Finlayson these days holds the Canadian marathon document for the 45-49 age staff of two:25:31 and is the trainer of Canadian document holder Cam Levins. Finlayson could also be the beer two-mile international document holder, which comes to operating 3,200m whilst eating 8 beers each 400m.

Shelby Houlihan returns?

Suspended U.S. distance runner Shelby Houlihan made historical past on the 2023 Beer Mile International Vintage through turning into the primary girl to wreck the six-minute barrier within the beer mile. Houlihan crossed the end line in 5:43.81, atmosphere a brand new international document. Then again, regardless of her success, she didn’t win the championship as she used to be no longer allowed to compete within the ladies’s championship phase because of her ongoing suspension.

Learn extra about Houlihan’s beer mile document right here.