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Zwickelmania Beer Run

February 13, 2010 (Afternoon)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: nearly 60, dry, almost sunny!

Comments:
Not gonna lie: pretty sure I was hungover today. Combo of a lot of beer late last night, plus a lot of shitty food at Two Friends'. Woke up at 730, dicked around, did laundry, cleaned up.

Matt didn't wake 'til nearly 11, but we got rolling and on our way out at noon.

It was "Zwickelmania" in Oregon today: the Oregon Brewers Guild put on what was pretty much an open house of the breweries/brew pubs, which included a bus line that gave rides to the 5 breweries in Eugene. Matt and I cut out the bus and RAN from each.

We drove to Hop Valley in Springfield, left my car there, had a beer, and ran to McMenamin's on High st in Eugene. The first leg alone was over 5 miles. Felt SHITTY: sore from the track workout, and more or less hungover. Plus I had gut rot, which made it NOT fun.

Once at High St, we felt a ton better. Got a cool tour of the "basement brewery" there, then ran over to City Brewery, then to Ninkasi, then finally to Oakshire, where we met a couple of Matt's friends who gave us a ride back.

The tours at Ninkasi and Oakshire were incredible. It's AMAZING how far these two breweries have come in just a couple years: from like 0.2 barrels to up to 60,000+/yr for Ninkasi and nearly 10,000 for Oakshire. Very cool.

THEN, after a pit stop back at home, Matt and I went to the KLCC Brewfest at the Events Center. Also cool and lots of good beers. THEN, we grabbed one more at Jameson's!

LONG DAY with a lot of drinking, but (A) I never got drunk and (B) I never really crashed. Very fun and a good "birthday fest"!