SIOUX CITY TRACK STAR SHELBY HOULIHAN RAN AND WON AN UNUSUAL RACE THIS WEEKEND IN CHICAGO.
HOULIHAN, WHO IS IS CURRENTLY TWO AND A HALF YEARS INTO A 4-YEAR SUSPENSION FROM TRACK AND FIELD FOR A FAILED DRUG TEST FROM WHAT SHE SAYS WAS FROM A TAINTED PORK BURRITO FROM A FOOD TRUCK, SET A WOMEN’S WORLD RECORD IN RUNNING THE 9TH ANNUAL BEER MILE HELD IN CHICAGO ON SATURDAY.
SHE CRUSHED THE NEVER BEFORE REACHED 6 MINUTE BARRIER, FINISHING IN 5:43 WITH A 63-SECOND FINAL 400M WITH FOUR BEERS IN HER STOMACH.
COMPETITORS MUST DRINK A BEER BEFORE EVERY QUARTER MILE OF THE RACE, TOTALING FOUR BEERS OVER THE ONE-MILE COURSE.
HOULIHAN RAN HER MILE IN ROUGHLY 4:25, WHICH WAS QUICKER THAN MOST ELITE MEN COVERED THE DISTANCE, AND CONSUMED HER 4 BEERS IN ROUGHLY 1:18.
HOULIHAN’S TIME WAS WORLD RECORD ELIGIBLE AS SHE FOLLOWED ALL RULES OUTLINED AND GOT PRE-APPROVALS AHEAD OF THE EVENT BY THE REQUIRED GOVERNING BODIES.
BECAUSE OF HER SUSPENSION THOUGH, SHE WAS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP RACE AND RAN IN THE LEGENDS & ELITES RACE.
Photo courtesy Lauren Zumbach and Beer Mile
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