Off-centered races for off-centered runners
By Tim Cigelske • Oct 1st, 2009 • Category: In the news
Dogfish keg races
Let it never be said that beer runners aren’t fast.
At the 4th annual Dogfish Dash this past Sunday, the top times were blistering.
The 5K winner clocked in at 16:39, or an average pace of 5:22 per mile. The 10K winner finished in 33:51, or a 5:28 mile for 6.2 miles. Very impressive.
The 750 runners who crossed the finish line were rewarded for their effort — and for braving rainy, cloudy Delaware weather — with breakfast and beer at the Dogfish Head brewery.
Possibly even more impressive than the 5K and 10k times were the keg races.
There was also a larger cause at play. The event raised $25,000 for the Delaware Chapter of The Nature Conservancy and their mission to protect plants, animals and natural communities.
You can already start training for next year’s race. Sunday, September 26, 2010, is the preliminary date for the 5th Annual Dogfish Dash. Start hoisting those kegs.
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I’ve heard of a couple other breweries, the names I forgot, holding races, but none of them on the West Coast. Wish we had something like that out here.