Drink- Run- Repeat. 

Cottonmouth BYOB Beerlay

Lakewood Nature Preserve 

Welcome back to the Annual Cottonmouth Beerlay! This one will be one for the history books! We have literally combined two of the best things in the world... Drinking and Running. While not traditionally put together this chemistry experiment is bound to have some "explosive" results! Individuals and Relay runners will have a chance to perform a few trail loops at Lakewood Nature Preserve with a little bit of liquid courage to get you to the finish line. Run solo, with your best friend, or on a team of 3 or 4 to complete the 8 Mile course. Beer option only available for those 21 and older.

The Preserve at Lakewood is a 120-acre parcel of land which features forest land, dirt trails, parking for 200, and of course, The Sustainability Education Center. The land is home to countless plant/animal species. Upon visiting, you can see red cedar and maple, hickory and flowering dogwood trees, white-tailed deer, eastern cottontail, woodchucks, box turtles, various types of mockingbirds, woodpeckers, blue jays and more. 

Referral Program

Invite your running buddies! When you register you will be assigned a link/code that you can share with your friends & family. The link will appear in your confirmation message, your email, and in your RunSignUp profile! Use your unique referral code to share with your running buddies! For every every 2 participants that use your referral code/link to register you will receive a $5 refund to your registration! Refer enough runners and RUN FOR FREE! 

• Share Your Referral Codes - HERE

Details

• What: 8 Mile Solo or 8 Mile Relay Option

• When: Saturday June 8th, 2024 

• Time: Open & Relay will start at 5pm

• Where: 220 Lakewood Preserve

• BYOB Russian Roulette: Every Participant needs to bring 4 adult beverages (over 5% ABV) to be placed in our community iced kitty pool. Beers will be pulled at random and poured into 12 oz cups by our volunteers. When it is your turn to run you will grab a random beer to consume prior to the start of your lap. 

• Post Race Beer Olympics

  • Team Tug-a-War

  • Spike Ball 

  • Cornhole Tourney

  • Beer Pong 

  • Dodgeball

• Event Shirts - Our local apparel vendor (Graphic Cow) will be processing all shirt orders. Please follow the link below to pre-order a shirt from the list of races. All race specific shirts will be mailed directly to your home address after the event to commemorate your race experience! The store link will be open until the Monday after each race.

  • SHIRT ORDER FORM HERE

• Parking Fee: There is a $5 fee per car for this event. This fee will help support the operating and maintenance costs associated with the nature preserve (CASH ONLY)

Participants Experience

Join our race for an unforgettable running experience! All participants will receive a handcrafted finisher medal to show off an unforgettable course and race experience. At packet pickup your swag bag will be complete with custom stickers, race bib, and crew socks. There will be music at both the start and finish of your event to energize your experience. Make sure to smile because all of our runners will receive complementary race photos along the course. 

Finisher Medal - Complimentary Race Photos - Custom Bib - Race Specific Crew Socks - Event & Upstate Race Series Stickers - Sponsored Giveaways - Raffled Items during the awards ceremony for both Age Group Awards and Overall Winners - Music and Post Race festivities in our Beer Olympics while you hangout and cheer on other runners! 

Events

8 Mile Cottonmouth Individual- 5:00pm 

• Individuals will drink a beer in the staging area of the barn before completing a 2 mile loop around the preserve. They will then repeat this process 4x before finishing through/inside the barn after their final lap!

8 Mile Cottonmouth Relay (2 - 4 People) - 5:00pm

• All teams will start at 5pm with one individual per team running at a time. The individual running will drink a bee in the staging area of the barn before completing the 2 mile loop around the preserve. After completing the loop they will exchange between the other member(s) of their team repeating this process 4x before finishing through/inside the barn after the final lap. 

Course Map - HERE

The event will consist of running 4 laps that are roughly 2 miles each. The course is located at the Lakewood Nature Preserve just outside of Greenville.  This event is held at a nature preserve with a old barn that has been repurposed as an educational center of sustainability and renewable energy. The 2 mile course is held on a grass path that is very wide and includes a few rolling hills. During the route keep your eyes up looking for deer, birds, and a few fox meandering through the woods. 

Timing, Results, & Race Awards

• Top 3 Male and Female Awards for the Individual Race. No Handicaps

• Top 3 Team Awards in each Division Below

• This event will be chip timed with a reusable timing chip attached with an ankle strap. Please return your timing chip & strap at the conclusion of your event. If you are on a relay team you will exchange that timing strap/chip in the beer drinking staging area between laps. 

• NEW 2024 - We will host a mass start for all teams/solo runners at 5pm. We will not have a staggered start for relay runners or solo runners based on age/gender handicaps. Instead your team will select the appropriate division during registration listed below!

  • Men's Division

  • Women's Division
    

  • Mixed/Open (Men & Women)
    

  • Masters Male (Men's Team over 40 Years of Age)
    

  • Masters Female (Women's Team over 40 Years of Age)

  • Youth Division (Under 21)