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$50 Million to Run 10 Miles, Drink 24 Beers, and Eat 24 Tacos? Where Do I Sign?

This is going viral and honestly it is exactly the kind of content we need right now. Politics is a disaster, our gold medal USA Hockey team(s) are somehow even more chaotic, and the general state of reality is bleak. So let’s talk about a hypothetical where you get $50 million for doing things that, quite frankly, sound like a solid Saturday.

$50 Million to Run 10 Miles, Drink 24 Beers, and Eat 24 Tacos?

Run 10 miles, Drink 24 beers, and Eat 24 tacos. All within 24 hours. $50 million cash.

This is not hard. Let me explain why.

The 10 Miles

This is the part people are overthinking. Ten miles sounds intimidating until you actually break it down. A 24-hour window to cover ten miles is roughly 0.4 miles per hour. A casual stroll is around three miles per hour.

You could stop and sit down for 20 hours, wake up, walk for about three and a half hours at a relaxed pace, and clear the distance with time to spare.

Even if we are using an actual definition of “running,” a slow jog of 12 minutes per mile gets you done in two hours flat. Two hours. Out of twenty-four.

If you want to be strategic about it, knock out the run first thing in the morning before your body knows what is happening. Five miles, take a break, five more miles. You are done before lunch and you have the rest of the day for the fun part.

The 24 Beers

Here is where the math really starts working in your favor.

Twenty-four beers over twenty-four hours is one beer per hour. One. Beer. Per. Hour. That is not a challenge. That is a Tuesday for large portions of the American adult population. The pace practically takes care of itself.

Now, if you just finished 10 miles of running and you are a little dehydrated and your inhibitions are already loosened, the beers are going to hit differently. Which actually helps the next part considerably.

The 24 Tacos

At face value, 24 tacos sounds like a lot. But let’s think about this realistically. Street tacos are three bites. A proper taco, even a generous one, is gone in four or five bites. We are not talking about 24 burritos.

We are talking about 24 tacos, which is maybe 2,400 calories of food spread across a 24-hour window. You have already burned somewhere between 800 and 1,200 calories running. You are hungry. You have been drinking for hours.

At some point around beer 14, the idea of eating another taco is not only acceptable but actively appealing. Pace it out over the day. Two tacos every two hours. You are done before midnight and you still have hours to spare.

The Full Picture

Wake up. Run 10 miles by noon. Crack the first beer. Eat a couple tacos. Watch some TV. Drink a beer. Eat a couple more tacos. Repeat. Go to bed. Wake up $50 million richer.

The only genuine obstacle here is the intersection of running and drinking. You do not want to be deep into the beers before attempting the mileage.

Run first, drink after. That is the entire strategy. It is not complicated. Anyone who says this challenge is difficult has simply not thought it through. Run me that $50 million check so I can call my parents and tell them I’m a millionaire.

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