Running vs. drinking.

I've been jogging a lot...about 90 miles in the past two months. I had been training for a Stoudt's 10k run in September, but after further research, I've discovered that it was a one time event that had taken place in 2006. I have no real plans to enter any other races, as that was the only one sponsored by a brewery.

Anyway, I've discovered that running is kind of like drinking in a few ways ways (yes, going for a jog just about every day gives you plenty of time to think.)

First of all, you feel good initially, if you do too much of it, or eat the wrong thing, you end up throwing up. Although while running you'd puke in someone's front yard, opposed to the bark yard, where most drinking voms occur. Although puking in a field can be achieved in both categories.

You wake up the next day feeling like crap. Especially if you haven't done it for awhile. You wake up dehydrated and sore after falling asleep early.

There are two different ways to test your skill. Speed and endurance. Sometimes you pace yourself to see how many miles/beers you can do. Other days you go all out, knowing that you're going to be a mess shortly, but you go out at a pace you can't possibly maintain to see how quickly you can drink/run.
However, when doing one, you can't completely discount the other. No one is impressed by how quickly you can chug half a beer, if you can walk 6 miles in a day, how fast you can run 30 feet, or if you can drink a case over the course of a week. You need a respectable amount in the shortest amount of time.

Finally, I think that competitive results should be grouped by weight, not age. When running, it doesn't matter how old someone is, if they weigh 150lbs, they're obviously going to beat me. If you're drinking, a 240lb freshman is going to be able to out drink a 145lb senior.
While I guess I could find another suitable race to run, I'd much rather be compared to other fat people who are running rather than fit people my age.