Cottonmouth 8 Mile & Beerlay

🐍🍺 Welcome to the Annual Cottonmouth Beerlay! 🍺🐍

Run fast. Drink hard. Don’t get bit.

What do you get when you combine trail running, random beers, and your most competitive (and possibly least coordinated) friends? The Cottonmouth Beerlay, baby! This wild race at the beautiful Lakewood Nature Preserve is back for another year of glorious chaos, beer-fueled miles, and unforgettable memories.

You can run it solo if you're a one-person party machine, or grab a few beer-loving buddies and tackle it as a relay team of 2–4. Either way, you're in for 8 miles of pure, ridiculous fun.

Are you fast enough to outrun the Cottonmouth? Or will the beer bite first?

🏃‍♂️ How It Works:

• Lap Structure: Each lap is a 2-mile trail loop through the preserve. You’ll do it 4 times total.
• Beer Requirement: Before every lap, runners must consume a randomly-selected beer from the BYOB community pool.
• Solo vs Relay: Solo runners do it all themselves. Relay teams tag in one runner per lap.
• Age Limit: 21+ only for the drinking portion, of course. Minors and Sober folks may run with non-alcoholic alternatives but must be carbonated.

🌀 BYOB Russian Roulette (a Cottonmouth Classic)

• Beer Contribution: Each runner brings 4 beers (5%+ ABV), which are tossed into our giant iced community kitty pool.
• Mystery Brew: When it's your turn to run, a volunteer will hand you a mystery brew, already cracked and poured.
• Drink and Run: You drink it, you run it. Deal with the consequences.
• Rules: No swapping. No peeking. No mercy.

🏅 Post-Race Beer Olympics

• Continuation of Fun: The party definitely doesn’t stop at the finish line.
• Food and Music: Once everyone’s stumbled their final lap, we crank up the music, toss some pizza your way.
• Yard Games: Break out the Beer Olympics yard games:
• Game List: Beer Pong, Tug of War, Dodgeball, Cornhole, Hillbilly Golf, Spike Ball.

🐍 Race Details:

• Location: 220 Lakewood Preserve, Greenville, SC 29607
• Start Time: 4:00 PM
• Race Length: 8 Mile Solo – 4 laps, 4 beers: 8 Mile Relay (2-4 people) – 4 laps total, 1 lap per runner per round.
• Packet Pickup: On-site starting at 3:00 PM

Strava Course Map – COURSE MAP HERE

🌲 The Course:

• Trail Type: A 2-mile grassy trail loop.
• Terrain: Rolling hills (they feel bigger after a beer).
• Wildlife: Wildlife sightings (deer, foxes, and maybe your dignity).
• Facilities: A rustic barn that serves as our race HQ and beer-staging zone.

💥 Bonus Vibes:

• Post-Race Food: Hot Dog Bar & party after you finish.
• Photography: Free race photos.
• Swag: Custom race bibs + giveaway swag.
• Atmosphere: Good tunes, loud laughs, and a wild crew.

For more details, visit the official race page.