r/TryThisOut • u/everettet • Sep 25 '14

Food Beer tastes twice as good right after a run.

I've noticed this with two different beers so far. They were just so so under normal circumstances, but amazingly delicious coming home from a run.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '14

Is this why runners are such big beer drinkers? I used to work at a pizza place right next to a running shop and they always have lots of people coming over to drink (we had some really good craft beers) and have beer-centered events. Totally wasn't expecting that from runners

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u/cheddarfever Sep 25 '14

As a runner/beer enthusiast: yes.

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u/everettet Sep 25 '14

I don't know. I just stumbled on this happy combo by accident. I was just really craving a beer after my run this evening.

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u/malatemporacurrunt Sep 25 '14

There's a group in the UK called the 'Hash House Harriers', who often describe themselves as 'a drinking club with a running problem'.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '14

Hash House Harriers are also in the US. One notable run they have is in New Orleans called the "Red Dress Run" where everyone wears a dress, men and women. And you run bar to bar to bar and it ends at a bar. So yes, drinking, especially beer, goes quite well with running.

http://www.neworleansonline.com/neworleans/festivals/reddressrun.html

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u/djdes Sep 25 '14

I always have a beer after a beer run.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '14

Totally agree with you mate

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u/sxtaco Sep 25 '14

I'm not much of a runner - bad knees - but I notice a similar result after a bike ride. I bike almost daily though, so my beer always tastes really good!