Cottonmouth 8 Mile & Beerlay Race Information
<h2><span style="color:rgb( 45 , 194 , 107 )"><strong>🐍🍺 Welcome to the Annual Cottonmouth Beerlay! 🍺🐍</strong></span><br /><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )"></span></h2>
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<h5><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">Run fast. Drink hard. Don’t get bit.</span></h5>
<h5><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">What do you get when you combine trail running, random beers, and your most competitive (and possibly least coordinated) friends? The Cottonmouth Beerlay, baby! This wild race at the beautiful Lakewood Nature Preserve is back for another year of glorious chaos, beer-fueled miles, and unforgettable memories.</span></h5>
<h5><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">You can run it solo if you're a one-person party machine, or grab a few beer-loving buddies and tackle it as a relay team of 2–4. Either way, you're in for 8 miles of pure, ridiculous fun.</span></h5>
<h5><em><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">Are you fast enough to outrun the Cottonmouth? <strong><span style="color:rgb( 45 , 194 , 107 )">Or will the beer bite first</span></strong>?</span></em></h5>
<h4><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )"> </span><br /><strong><span style="color:rgb( 45 , 194 , 107 )">🐾 How It Works:</span></strong></h4>
<h5><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">Each lap is a 2-mile trail loop through the preserve. You’ll do it 4 times total.</span></h5>
<h5><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">Before every lap, runners must consume a randomly-selected beer from the <strong>BYOB </strong>community pool </span></h5>
<h5><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">Solo runners do it all themselves. Relay teams tag in one runner per lap.</span></h5>
<h5><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">🍻 21+ only for the drinking portion, of course. Minors and Sober folks may run with non-alcoholic alternatives but must be carbonated.</span><br /><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )"> </span><br /><span style="color:rgb( 45 , 194 , 107 )"></span></h5>
<h4><strong><span style="color:rgb( 45 , 194 , 107 )">🧊 BYOB Russian Roulette (a Cottonmouth Classic)</span></strong></h4>
<h5><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">Each runner brings 4 beers (5%+ ABV), which are tossed into our giant iced community kitty pool. </span></h5>
<h5><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">When it's your turn to run, a volunteer will hand you a mystery brew, already cracked and poured. </span></h5>
<h5><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">You drink it, you run it. Deal with the consequences.</span></h5>
<h5><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">No swapping. No peeking. No mercy.</span></h5>
<h5><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">Non Alcoholic Drinks are of course permitted. We love sobriety but we just haven't practiced it yet! 😂</span></h5>
<h4><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )"> </span><br /><strong><span style="color:rgb( 45 , 194 , 107 )">🏆 Post-Race Beer Olympics</span></strong></h4>
<h5><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">The party definitely doesn’t stop at the finish line. </span></h5>
<h5><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">Once everyone’s stumbled their final lap, we crank up the music, toss some pizza your way, and break out the Beer Olympics yard games:</span></h5>
<h5><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">🍻 Beer Pong</span></h5>
<h5><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )"></span><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">🪢 Tug of War</span></h5>
<h5><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">🔫 Dodgeball</span></h5>
<h5><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">🌽 Cornhole</span></h5>
<h5><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">🏌️♂️ Hillbilly Golf</span></h5>
<h5><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">🔄 Spike Ball</span></h5>
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<h4><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )"> </span><br /><strong><span style="color:rgb( 45 , 194 , 107 )">🐍 Race Details:</span></strong><br /><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )"></span></h4>
<h5><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">📍 Location: 220 Lakewood Preserve, Greenville, SC 29607</span></h5>
<h5><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">🕔 Start Time: 4:00 PM</span></h5>
<h5><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">8 Mile Solo – 4 laps, 4 beers</span></h5>
<h5><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">8 Mile Relay (2-4 people) – 4 laps total, 1 lap per runner per round</span></h5>
<h5><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">📝 Packet Pickup: On-site starting at 3:00 PM</span></h5>
<h5><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">📍 Strava Course Map – <a style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )" href="https://www.strava.com/routes/3270762381623134374" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">COURSE MAP HERE</a></span><br /><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )"> </span><br /><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )"></span></h5>
<h4><span style="font-weight:bolder"><span style="color:rgb( 45 , 194 , 107 )">🌲 The Course:</span></span></h4>
<h5><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">Held at the scenic and shady Lakewood Nature Preserve just outside Greenville, SC, the course features:</span></h5>
<ul><li><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">A 2-mile grassy trail loop</span><br /><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )"></span></li><li><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">Rolling hills (they feel bigger after a beer)</span><br /><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )"></span></li><li><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">Wildlife sightings (deer, foxes, and maybe your dignity)</span><br /><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )"></span></li><li><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">A rustic barn that serves as our race HQ and beer-staging zone</span><br /><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )"></span></li><li><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">This isn’t just any trail—it’s a celebration of running, nature, and fermented grain-based hydration.</span></li></ul>
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<h4><strong><span style="color:rgb( 45 , 194 , 107 )">💥 Bonus Vibes:</span></strong></h4>
<h5><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">🌭 Hot Dog Bar & party after you finish</span></h5>
<h5><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">📸 Free race photos</span></h5>
<h5><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">🧢 Custom race bibs + giveaway swag</span></h5>
<h5><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">🎶 Good tunes, loud laughs, and a wild crew</span></h5>
<h5><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">🐾 Support for a local nature preserve & sustainable fun</span></h5>
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<h4><strong><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">Upstate Race Series Registration Policies & Options</span></strong></h4>
<h5><strong>✅ Transfers</strong></h5>
<ul><li>Registered participants may transfer their entry to another person through their RunSignUp profile</li><li><a href="https://runsignup.com/Profile" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Transfer & Manage Registration HERE</a></li></ul>
<h5><strong>✅ Distance Changes</strong></h5>
<ul><li>Participants may switch to a different race distance (e.g., drop from Half Marathon to 5K).</li><li><a href="https://runsignup.com/Profile" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Switch Distance & Manage Registration HERE</a></li></ul>
<h5><strong>✅ Club & Referral Discounts</strong></h5>
<ul><li>Join the Upstate Running Club and receive 15% OFF registration.</li><li>Refer 2+ runners and receive $5 OFF.</li></ul>
<h5><strong>✅ Race Shirts & Swag</strong></h5>
<ul><li>Race shirts are sold and shipped separately.</li><li>Finisher medals and awards (age group & overall) are not shipped.</li></ul>
<h5><strong>✅ Refunds & Deferrals</strong></h5>
<ul><li>No refunds or deferrals will be offered (unless the event sells out).</li><li>If the race sells out, you may request a 50% OFF code for a future Upstate Race Series event.</li></ul>
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Greenville, SCGreenvilleSCUS29607
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