Sat, Sep 19, 2026
Modesto, CA
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The Beer Mile at Dusty Bottoms follows the classic format: crack a beer, drink it, run a lap, and repeat until the mile is done. It runs in heats spread across the morning, so arriving early matters if you want a spot. The course is in Modesto, and the vibe is exactly what you would expect from a beer mile.
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Going by the 2025 results, this is a small, friendly field, and the spread of finish times is wide, so this is a mostly recreational race rather than one for club runners.
1 Miles · 2025 results
Top 3: PEDRO Magana (5:30) · Jaime Venegas (8:37) · Jared Nicholson (8:53)
1.5 Miles · 2025 results
Top 3: Jeffrey Rowe (16:04) · Dean Dhami (23:19)
The Dusty Bottoms Beer Mile has been held every year since at least 2021. That is as far back as RunSignup's records for this race go, so it may well be older.
Enter a finish time to see where it lands against the most recent 1 Miles results.
How we calculate these stats: RunSesh calculates these figures from the most recent published results of past editions, sourced from RunSignup. We show aggregates only: field size, winning and median times, and the cutoff. We never publish individual finisher tables. Last updated Jul 27, 2026.
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Almost certainly not. Half the 1 Miles field finished slower than 11:39, and the last recorded finisher came in around 16:45, so there is a long tail of runners behind the middle of the pack. Most fields are far slower than people expect.
It is a small race (26 finishers), which is friendlier and less intimidating than a big-city event, though the field thins out. There is no qualifying time, and the finish-time spread above shows how varied the field really is. If it is your first 1 Miles, that spread matters more than the winner's time.
The 1 Miles winner ran 5:30 while the median finisher took 11:39. That spread points to a broad, mostly recreational field rather than a race dominated by club runners.
