Beer Mile champion wins the 40th Manitoba Marathon
Elisha Dacey | CBC News | Posted: June 17, 2018 3:42 PM | Last Updated: June 17, 2018
10,000 strong show up for marathon on gorgeous Sunday morning
Image | Manitoba Marathon Beer Mile
Caption: Former Beer Mile Champion Corey Gallagher gets some help removing his shoes after winning the Manitoba Marathon Sunday. This was his first full marathon. (Samantha Samson/CBC)
The 40th Manitoba marathon has been won Winnipeg's Corey Gallagher, of Beer Mile fame, with a time of 2:37:48.
The Beer Mile is a one-mile track race that combines running and drinking, where participants down a beer after every lap.
"It was a lot harder than I expected," said Gallagher, 31, after the marathon, where someone helped him take off his running shoes.
"I think no matter how much I prepared for it and worried about it, I still underestimated it. That was an eye-opener."
The run was Gallagher's first full marathon.
Image | Amy Feit
Caption: Female full marathon winner Amy Feit poses with her daughter, Regan, who ran the 10K. (Samantha Samson/CBC)
Amy Feit, of Luverne MN, won the women's event, with a time of 3:02:51.
"It was a great race, nice flat course, lots of shade. Loved the course," she said, noting this was her first Canadian marathon.
"I've won a marathon before but I've never felt the tape cross my stomach. That was a wonderful feeling."
The weather Sunday morning was a cloudy and crisp 15C — perfect for running, and more than 10,000 people gathered at the University of Manitoba to run in the 40th Manitoba Marathon.