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Where to drink beer and run in the same place, and even at the same time

Australian triathlete Mirinda Carfrae celebrates her victory during the Datev Challenge Roth in Roth, Germany, 20 July 2014 with a beer shower.
The idea for a joint running shoe store and craft beer bar came, of course, on a run.
Ashlee Velez was running with two friends in college when one of them suggested the idea. They were in the craft beer haven of Fort Collins, Colorado, loved drinking beer whenever they could, and all agreed that it would be a fantastic idea to combine their two loves into one business.
“We’re always talking with friends about fun business ideas, but they never materialize,” Velez said. “For this one, we had the drive to do it.”
A year later, in July 2014, they opened Shoes & Brews, which sells running shoes and gear on one side and has a craft beer bar with 20 taps on the other.
Velez said the combination of beer and running is natural.
“They’re both social events and they compliment each other in a lot of ways,” she said.
“If you’re going on a run, you feel like you deserve that beer after.”
“If you’re going on a run, you feel like you deserve that beer after.”
The store/bar has a glass partition between the two sides, and hosts a group run every week that ends with beer in the bar. Between 40 and 60 people regularly show up, Velez said. And any customer who buys shoes at the store gets a ticket for a free pint from the other side.
Sure, almost every race has a beer garden at the end where you can get plastic cups of unremarkable domestic brews. But events and businesses like Shoes & Brews are combining the loves of running and beer on a higher level.
And that combination can actually be good for you, said Marissa Lippert, a registered dietitian and owner of Nourish Kitchen + Table in New York City. Beer has antioxidants, electrolytes and carbohydrates that can help speed recovery after a workout, she said.
“But here’s the catch: It’s most effective in nonalcoholic form,” she said.
And whether your beer is alcoholic or not, Lippert said you should always wait until after your workout or race ends.
That’s bad news for events like the Beer Mile, which held its first world championship event in December. There about 100 runners chugged four beers and logged four laps around a track. Runners down a beer, run a lap, down a second beer, run a second lap and so on in a pattern that leaves them staggering (and sometimes vomiting) by the end.
Non-elite drinker/runners can have their shots at beer mile glory, too. Races are put on regularly by running clubs — and college students.
Beer Mile beer-to-run ratio:
4 cans of Bud Light — 440 calories
1 mile running — 100-150 calories (depending on weight, age, gender and speed)
Other races combine beer and running, but to lesser extremes. The Tyranena Beer Run starts and ends at Tyranena Brewing Company in Lake Mills, Wisconsin. Runners and walkers can cover either 13.1 miles or 4.37 miles and finish with brewery tours, beer and beer-themed t-shirts. Winners get mug-shaped trophies.
Tyranena Beer Run beer-to-run ratio:
1 pint of Tyranena Bitter Woman IPA — 240 calories
13.1 miles running — 1400-2000 calories
City Beer Runs puts on 5Ks and 10Ks in San Francisco and San Diego that revolve around beer. Runners gather at a local brewery, do a casual race and then end with beer. This June, San Diegans can run for Mission Brewery pints, while Bay Area runners can choose from a long list of breweries.
City Beer Runs beer-to-run ratio:
1 pint of Pyramid Breweries Apricot Ale — 195 calories
3.1 miles running — 200-400 calories
For non-beer-drinking runners, there are events like the Wine Country Half Marathon series, including a race from Napa to Sonoma. After logging their miles while surrounded by vineyards, racers can sip or guzzle those vineyards’ final products at a beer and wine festival in downtown Sonoma.
Wine Country Half Marathon wine-to-run ratio:
1 glass of wine — 120 calories
13.1 miles running — 1400-2000 calories
There are also running groups like the Hash House Harriers, with the famous slogan “A Drinking Club with a Running Problem.” Groups are scattered across the world, and meet regularly to run and then drink. Others, like the Fishtown Beer Runners in Philadelphia, cover three to five miles once a week and then finish their runs at local bars.
Fishtown Beer Runners beer-to-run ratio:
1 pint of Guinness — 168 calories
5 miles running — 400-600 calories
The group run at Shoes & Brews covers three to five miles along the trails on the banks of the St. Vrain river in Longmont and ends with beers at the store. The store also hosts a Saturday morning run that sometimes ends with Bloody Marys. Velez said they get some non-running beer drinkers who come to the bar for its 20 taps, but said almost all of their running customers also partake in their beer.
Shoes & Brews beer-to-run ratio:
12-oz. pour of Loveland Ale Works Imperial Stout — 281 calories
5 miles running — 400-600 calories
And while all of this beer and running sounds like a lot of fun, Lippert stresses that moderation is key. She said women shouldn’t have more than one beer post workout, and men shouldn’t have more than two.
Keep going and “the potential health benefits are negated,” she said.

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We need a store like that in Ottawa