Fourth Annual Casuals’ Beer Mile

What a year it has been so far! Many of you clocked PBs in the Barcelona Marathon and Half Marathon not to mention smashing 10Ks left, right and centre. We’ve had a World Cup, a Papal visit, and festival season is just getting going. But 2026 wouldn’t be complete without the REAL highlight of the sporting / boozing calendar: the Barcelona Casual Runners’ Annual Beer Mile! It’s also a chance to celebrate my (John’s) birthday in time-honoured fashion. For those of you who didn’t make it to previous editions, the rules are simple. The race consists of four beers (standard 330ml can) plus 1 mile / 1.6km as follows: Drink one beer then run 400m (repeat x4). Official rules can be found here: https://www.beermile.com/about/rules/1 The beer has to be at least 5% abv (although non-drinkers will be permitted to use alcohol free beer e.g. Freedamm, 0.0% etc). And you’re not allowed to pour it into a glass or pierce the can or do any other funny stuff. Hmmm. And if you vomit, you have to do an extra 400m (really, read the rules). We’ll meet behind the W Hotel on Sunday 9 August at 10:30am. We’ll do a pre-race briefing, official rule-reading by the marshals etc. Race will begin at 11am. Afterwards we’ll do the winners’ presentation (if I can find some medals in the Chinese bazaar…). What you’ll need: 4 cans of beer, running shoes, and a strong constitution. As it’s kinda my birthday, we’ll be heading to a bar / restaurant close by afterwards (venue TBC but looking at a terrace around Barceloneta) and drinks at the bar will be on me, John (in case you haven’t had enough).