The First-Ever Celebrity Beer Mile at the 2023 Beer Mile World Classic

For the first time ever, the  Beer Mile World Classic featured a celebrity race as part of the 9th annual event on July 1, 2023 in Chicago.

The Celebrity NA Beer Mile was presented by Athletic Brewing and featured a star-studded celebrity field, many of whom were trying their hand at a beer mile for the first time. They drank Athletic Lite, Athletic Brewing’s 25-calorie non-alcoholic light brew that contains less than 0.5% ABV.

Elite marathoner and podcast host Ken Rideout led wire-to-wire, cruising a 6:50, less than a week after winning the Gobi March in Mongolia, a 155-mile stage race across the Gobi Desert. US Rugby National Team member Carlin Isles took runner-up in 8:06.

There was a close battle for third on the final lap between Nev Schulman, Cynthia Frelund, and Francis Ellis. In a sprint finish down the home stretch, Ellis barely edged out Schulman to finish third in 9:28. Schulman finished in 9:29, Frelund in 9:36, and Darren Rovell closed out the race with a time of 11:37.

View the full 2023 Beer Mile World Classic Race Recap

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Watch the Celebrity NA Beer Mile Race

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Photos from the Celebrity NA Beer Mile

Photos courtesy of Lauren Zumbach and Christian Rasmussen