Cheers to the NYC Marathon

Being a running dork in addition to a bike dork, last Sunday morning I took a break from eating leftover Halloween candy (and feeling kind of guilty, but not really) to watch the NYC Marathon online. Yes, not only do I like watching skinny, hairless men bike around Europe in colorful spandex, but I also enjoy watching skinny, scantily-clad men and women chasing each other around city streets.

Anyways. I saw a few things of note during the race worth raising a glass of beer. Here's to you, various parts of the marathon.

-Paula Radcliffe crushes the women's field. Leading nearly the entire race, she slowly turned the screws to drop the competition one by one.

-Kara Goucher is the first American woman to podium since 1990 and makes the fastest female American marathon debut ever. Some people only pay attention to Kara because she's cute. But in addition to that, she also generally rocks (like when she kicked Paula's ass at her post-pregnancy comeback race last year).

-Borat makes an appearance. I don't know how someone can endure 26.2 miles of the uber-banana hammock, but props to the man that can. Props also go to the guy red jersey conveniently covers Borat's ass.

I'm sure many more notable things happened in the course of Sunday's race, so the folks that enjoyed them and those I've listed here's a beer review to you. Something perfect for relaxing after a morning of pounding pavement.

Blanche De Chambly
Unibroue
Witbier

B+ / 3.95
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | drink: 4.5

Poured into a basic red wine glass. The body is a hazy straw yellow with a fluffy white head and lacing. This beer is a great example of a light, but complex beer. Sweet bready malts dominate the flavor, but notes of vanilla and allspice pop in and out. The wheat taste isn't as raw as Hoegaarden, and the aroma is a bit faint, but this is still a top-notch wit. Certainly worth trying.