Before he became a certified sports nutritionist and the owner of CrossFit Brigade, Eric Griffith was a bartender. Night after night, the seats were filled with rugby and Ultimate Frisbee players, Griffith remembers.
Today, they are filled with another group of athletes: runners.
This relationship between runners and beer is bolstered by clubs like Running for Brews, which meets at Brewhaus every Wednesday for drinks after a quick run, as well as events like the Chatt Brew Beer Mile, which lets participants guzzle the good stuff while racing through Finley Stadium.
As the number of beer-related running activities has mounted nationwide, so has the information about the benefits beer can have after a good workout.
“There’s a lot of beer knowledge out there with craft beer and [its] popularity but I know there’s a lot of lore,” Griffith says.