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Goal Complete: 2012 Walt Disney World 1/2 Marathon

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This year I ran the Walt Disney World 2012 half marathon again.  I did the same race in 2011 as it was my first 1/2 marathon.  Running is something that I picked up when I lived in Florida and since then have come a long ways.  I remember running over one of the bridges in Fort Myers, FL for a 5K and almost never made it!  I think my time was something like 35 minutes or so, maybe slower.  Now I’m doing half’s and this year I’m going to go for the marathon!  I told myself that after I complete the 1/2 marathon under 2 hours I would be ready to take it to the next level and try for the full marathon.  In 2011 I did the 1/2 at WDW in 2:12 and in January (2012) I completed the 1/2 in 1:55:08!  So next up… the Marathon!

Now to decide what marathon to run for the first time!  Goal: to finish!

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WDW 2012 Course Photos

BreweryMap on Fox News

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I forgot to post this last week since I was busy traveling but, Fox News’ Tapped-In Reviewed BreweryMap and created a cool video!

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2011 Great American Beer Festival

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I didn’t get a chance to go but next year you can bet that I will be there!  This week BreweryDB is featuring two award winners.  

Brewery
Chuckanut Brewery & Kitchen – who won Small Brewing Company and Small Brewing Company Brewer of the Year!

Beer
Elevated IPA from La Cumbre Brewing Co. from Albuquerque New Mexico.  This is an American Style IPA won the Gold out of 176 entries!

Now for some really cool facts about the festival

  • 466 breweries in the festival hall
  • 2,375 beers served at the festival
  • 49,000 attendees
  • Approximately 3,300 volunteers
  • 526 breweries in the competition from 48 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico
  • 3,930 beers judged (includes 86 Pro-Am competition entries)
  • 83 style categories judged, plus the Pro-Am competition
  • 167 judges from nine countries
  • Average number of competition beers entered in each category: 48
  • Category with highest number of entries: 176, American Style India Pale Ale

Among the highlights of the 2011 GABF competition results:

  • Medals were won by 18 first-time entering breweries (seven gold medals, five silver medals, six bronze medals).
  • Indiana had the most winning rate of medals compared to entries by state, with a 19.2 percent winning rate. Specifically, Indiana won 10 medals out of 52 total entries.
    • Minnesota won three medals out of 21 entries for a winning rate of 14.3 percent.
    • New Mexico won four medals out of 31 entries for a winning rates of 12.9 percent.
    • Wyoming won five medals out of 39 entries for a winning rate of 12.8 percent.
    • Alaska won two medals out of 16 entries for a winning rate of 12.5 percent.
  • The top five entrants that won the most medals are:
  • The most gold medals were won by :

The top five entered categories were:

  1. American-Style India Pale Ale – 176 entries
  2. Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer – 118 entries
  3. American-Style Pale Ale – 105 entries
  4. American-Style Strong Pale Ale – 103 entries
  5. Imperial India Pale Ale – 102 entries
All the statistical information taken the Brewers Association website – “2011 Great American Beer Festival Winners Announced”  You can see all the winners on the Great American Beer Festival website.

PintLabs @ Great American Beer Festival

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Most of the PintLabs team will be at Great American Beer Festival (GABF) today through Sunday.  They have stickers in hand so if you are out there and see someone in a PintLabs, BreweryMap, or BreweryDB T-Shirt feel free to ask them for a sticker and more about what we are doing.  Some exciting things have been happening lately.  We are excited to be able to release the new API soon!