DRAFT Magazine

The Superun 5K beer table

This year, Milwaukee’s 28th annual Superun 5K definitely lived up to its name. It was super hot, super humid and the killer hill near the end super-sucked.

But the free beer table was a sight for sore… everything.

“Only in Milwaukee is it normal to see a Miller Lite truck at the end of a sprint,” Superun finisher Polly Drew wrote on DailyMile.

Yes, it may have been Miller Light, but this may have been the best beer choice when you felt your face melting off.

For me, this was the first 5K since I became a dad eight whole weeks ago. So I may have been subconsciously (or not-so-subconsciously) trying to prove I still had some post-parental speed in my legs.

This may not have been the venue for such a test. I finished in 19:45, a bit slower than my last 5K when it was a good 70 degrees cooler and lacking a monster hill. It sort of sucked the life out of me.

Despite those challenges, more than 700 people finished the Lake Park course. Anne captured this image of the runners at the start.

If anyone deserves a beer, it’s defending champion Scott Mueller. Though it was 12 seconds off his own course record, he still crossed the finish line today in a smoking 15:33.