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:

• Trail Loop: Each lap is a 2-mile trail loop through the preserve. You’ll do it 4 times total.
• BYOB: 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)

• Bring Your Beer: Each solo runner brings 4 beers (5%+ ABV) (4 Per Team), 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.
• Consequences: You drink it, you run it. Deal with the consequences.
• No Swapping: No swapping. No peeking. No mercy. Non-alcoholic drinks are permitted.

🏅 Post-Race Beer Olympics

• Party Continues: The party definitely doesn’t stop at the finish line.
• Post-Race Activities: Once everyone’s stumbled their final lap, we crank up the music, toss some pizza your way, and break out the Beer Olympics yard games:
• Games: 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 Types: 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).
• Race HQ: A rustic barn that serves as our race HQ and beer-staging zone.

✨ Bonus Vibes:

• Pizza: Pizza to be pre-ordered race week for teams who want a slice or a whole pie after the race.
• Free Photos: Free race photos.
• Swag: Custom race bibs + giveaway swag.
• Good Times: Good tunes, loud laughs, and a wild crew.
• Support Nature: Support for a local nature preserve & sustainable fun.

Participate:

Join us for the Cottonmouth 8 Mile & Beerlay on June 6, 2026, at Lakewood Nature Preserve in Greenville, SC. For more details, visit this link.