Which athletes would you MOST like to have a beer with?

The Irish distance chick from Iona, for so many reasons.

Gotta' be SUZY... a few beers!

Bill Rodgers without a doubt. He's still my idol. Second choice would be Ed Whitlock. They both seem like very down to earth no nonsense kind of guys.

I would drink with john bowden and malcolm campbell because we would end up banging a group of chicks by the end of the night.

Ken Caminiti but I'd bring the good times. Apparently he gets some poor dope.

Bil Rodgers no doubt. One of the nicest guys and as humble as he is gifted. I saw him at Boston a few years ago, he had arrived at the expos and he was just walking around like he was any other joe. I see him ambling towards me and I'm like "Hey, that's Bill Rodgers"! He just smiled chatted a bit, shook hands and moved on.

But Suzy Favor Hamilton- been lovin' me some Suzy for a long time. I'd need the beer to diguise my drool.

Jason Mayeroff, of course (since he bring some asian friends too)

Deek would be a good choice I reckon...

Beer? John Godina. Throwers are always fun people.

I'd do shots with Amy Acuff until she believed I was a British rower.

Bigfoot wrote:

Flagpole Willie. I'd order a couple Guinness and drink them both while FPW talked (and talked and talked).

Ah. Couple things for you.

1) I'm actually not much of a talker. More of a listener, and about that I'm NOT KIDDING.

2) You could have your Guinness. If I want horse piss, I'll go to a farm. I'll stick to some Sierra Nevada Pale Ale or Pete's Wicked Ale or Anchorsteam or Sam Smith's (not Sam Adams, although that's pretty good too) Nut Brown Ale, or even a McKewan's Scotch Ale. Killian's Red if I'm feeling silly.

Ever try Leininkugel? (I know I screwed up the spelling). I used to drink it after a tough round of golf about 10 years ago before I discovered running. Another one I've had is Old Frothingslosh "the stale, pale ale with the foam on the bottom."

A group of H. Elliot, M. Halberg, J. Walker, R. Dixon, D. Bedford.

Bigfoot wrote:

Ever try Leininkugel? (I know I screwed up the spelling). I used to drink it after a tough round of golf about 10 years ago before I discovered running. Another one I've had is Old Frothingslosh "the stale, pale ale with the foam on the bottom."

Never had either of those. I collected beer cans as a kid and had several of the Old Frothingslosh beer cans - those were cool.

Here's a picture -

Brian Sell

already did. Had VIP passes to the athlete party after Millrose back in '84. Eamonn Coghlan won the mile that night and was standing there with a beer. Had a nice chat with him about how American beer was piss (back then) and wouldn't it be great to have a Guinness instead. Also met John Walker. My impression of both of those guys was that they were barrel chasted guys not like your typical distance runner.

Flagpole, with all due respect, you should also have pointed out that Bigfoot's answer was non-responsive. The question asked the ATHLETE with whom one would like to have a beer.

Flagpole Willy wrote:

2) You could have your Guinness. If I want horse piss, I'll go to a farm.

If you can find any farms where horses piss Guiness then you should bring a vet with you. Chances are that the horses' owners have never met one.

If you want a good beer then try Spaten Franzishkaner Hefeweizen.

The truth wrote:

Flagpole, with all due respect, you should also have pointed out that Bigfoot's answer was non-responsive. The question asked the ATHLETE with whom one would like to have a beer.

Well, true dat...true dat. I'm not an athlete anymore, and even when I was one, I wasn't one (borrowed that logic from John Kerry).

Without a doubt, Ed Eyestone.

Ed and I ran in the WAC at the same time (circa early 1980's), although I was merely a middle of the pack runner, and he was multi-national champion.

I love beer, but if Ed wished to shoot the breeze over a couple tall glasses of milk, I would be willing to do that in order to spend some time rapping with the fellow.

(Then I'd likely slink out later to drink some beer...)