February 25, 2014 (Bootsie’s 30th birthday)
Chevy Chase, MD

The 3rd WUS Beer Mile was held in honor of Boots’s 30th birthday. Â The National Cathedral cops had kicked WUSsies off the grounds for their Thursday night PUSH group (I think they objected to Tom C’s chains workout). Â So we opted for a new locale: my parents’ house in Chevy Chase, which sits nicely on a 0.3 mile loop.

In the winter weather, only of the hardiest of WUSsies came out to play. Â Bootsie powered through to a resounding Beer Mile victory. Â With Neal and Bobby out of the running, Pat cruised to become the 3rd male champion of the WUS beer mile. Â We didn’t have so much in terms of runners, but we had ample photographers, beer-hander-outers, traffic directors, and race timers.

To celebrate, Momma Jill hosted a raging party at casa Nelson, complete with New Haven pizza, Bootsie’s homemade cheesecake, a killer Lion King soundtrack, and a fierce game of pool involving no individuals sober enough to sink any pockets. Â At least we weren’t tempted with any of those lethal Cactus Cantina margarita pitchers.
