Sports City Beer/Cider/Seltzer Mile

Sports City Beer/Cider/Seltzer Mile takes place in Buffalo, New York, on Sunday, November 29, 2026. The event offers a single format, a beer mile (1 mile) starting at 10:30 a.m. As the name suggests, you can pick beer, cider, or seltzer as your beverage of choice for this holiday-weekend edition of the classic beer-mile format, in which drinking and running alternate over four laps of a quarter mile.

A beer mile is a very different animal from a road race. The running is short and fast, but the real test is how well your stomach handles the drinking between laps. It suits runners who already have some speed and want a fun, competitive challenge, and anyone who simply wants a laugh with friends the Sunday after Thanksgiving. Preparation is light: keep up two or three easy runs a week with some short, fast strides, and practice a few hard 400-meter repeats so the pace feels familiar. Eat lightly beforehand, and if you are in it for the fun, walk the laps you need to.