D O :: World of Beer Run Club

I don't run.  Actually I don't even really like to run.  I'm bad at it, I convince myself I need to walk 100 feet after starting, and I get so frustrated with myself that sometimes I even feel like I'm going to cry.  But finally I found something that motivates me, even gets me excited about running -- beer!

Pensacola is such an active town.  From paddleboarders to bicyclist, locals are always out and about.  I think it might have something to do with the weather being nice all year (although the humidity here is a killer!)  One of the coolest things we have found in Pensacola are the "run clubs".  Every night of the week, a different bar sponsors a run club.  {We go to Seville's on Mondays, McGuires on Tuesdays, and World of Beer on Wednesdays}  Everyone meets at the bar at 6pm and run the 5k route.  After the run, the bar has drink specials for all runners so everyone sticks around and has a beer on the patio.  All different types of people come out for run club -- from moms with jogging strollers to marathoners, and almost everyone stays after for drinks.

In high school, I always played sports.  I never thought about practices after school being a "three hour workout" but if you tried to convince me now to work out for three hours, I would laugh at you.  I think the reasoning is similar to the reason I love run club: things are just better in groups.  It's just plain more fun to go out for a run with a group of other people and have an opportunity to socialize afterwards than it is to just go for a run by yourself.  After you complete 10 runs at a specific bar, you get their run club tshirt.  I am counting down and cannot wait to get my first shirt!