All About Beer Magazine - Volume 35, Issue 4
July 26, 2014 By Heather Vandenengel
James Nielsen beer mile
James Nielsen completed the beer mile in 4:57.

A California runner named James Nielsen has set a record for running and drinking. Nielsen broke the 5-minute beer mile, which consists of running four laps and chugging a 12-oz can of beer before every lap, with a time of 4:57. “That was really painful,” Nielsen, gasped after finishing, in the YouTube video of his feat.