Boston Marathon Brewery Tour

I second the Cambridge Brewing recommendation. From your hotel take the Red Line from south station to Kendall. Lamplighter brewing is in the same neighborhood.

Row 34 is near your hotel and has a great tap list and excellent seafood.

 

I offered to meet up for beers with some Boston folks, but figure it'd be easier to say it here - I am no longer going. I have not been able to recover from my injury, and have not been able to run smooth or steady since January.

Good luck to those going. I'll miss my opportunity to visit Row 34 again for oysters and beer.

 

I don't see the issue here. You should still go.

Now you don't have to do that pesky running part.

 

Sorry to hear, dude. Hope you're able to recover and run it next year.

 

Happy it went well!

I saw Notch Brewing was doing a Marathon watch party. Sounded like a lot of fun.

My training group was out in the Fort Point area as well. I haven't gotten a full recount of how their night went, but that Seaport / Fort Point area is a lot of fun.

 

While I didn't run a marathon, I did walk 18 miles over the course of the day doing brewery hopping.

Walked in from Somerville to Fenway to hit Trillium at Time Out Market. Got there around noonish (to avoid the pregame crowd). Then walked through Fenway which was buzzing. As was the city, saw many runners.

Then walked to Trillium Beer Garden since it was the first weekend. We were the only one's there for awhile. The temps dropped as the sun went in, it was frigid.

Finally walked over to Notch's event and got there around maybe 5. Was a nice capper to the day. Damn that Helles Spezial and Biersal are tasting amazing right now.

 

That's my kinda marathon!

 

Congrats on the race! Hope you had a good day, wasn’t what I was going for but had fun out there. Enjoy Vermont. It’s the best.

 

Dude, what kind of shoes do you have? My feet would be throbbing if I walked that much.

 

Just Altra Paradigms (I have a **mid-foot strike and wide feet, so these are great for me plus they provide lots of cushion).

**when running

I run maybe 10-15 miles/week these days. But I walk a TON.

Walked/ran (mostly walked though) quite a bit starting Friday last week.

Friday 12.3 miles
Saturday 17.2 miles
Sunday 11.9 miles
Monday 17.9 miles
Tuesday 9.7 miles
Wednesday 12.2 miles

I hear London has some great beer.

 

What's been your favorite? My wife is a three-hour (okay, 3:06 and 3:12) marathoner and has done Chicago and Boston. She is mildly entertaining one more before 40 in a few years. I'm pushing for London, but would go literally anywhere.

 

Beer Mile London is a marathon in and of itself.

 

wow very impressive mileage. I lived in NYC for a long time and used to walk everywhere no where near those totals though.

I just ran my first half marathon this past Saturday up in Albany (got free Fort Orange Brewing beers at finish). This thread inspired me to come up with Boston Beer Marathon:

You start appropriately with a beer at Startline Brewing in Hopkinton (where I live)

Run 8.5miles to Jacks Abby (passing over the real Startline for marathon)

After a tasty lager run 7.5 miles to Local Kitchen & Drinks in Wellesley (no close breweries but good tap list here probably get an appetizer for fuel)

Next run 8.5 miles to Brato Brewing

Finish up with short 2.6 mile fun run to Trillium Fenway.

Stays pretty close to actual marathon route but you do 27 miles instead of 26.2. I’m going to train and try and go for this at some point.