Most runners here in Albuquerque look at the long, cold months ahead of us and see very few opportunities to compete in local races. To meet this need and to have a little fun, Kelley Garcia dreamed up a very cool idea to beat those winter blahs — The Burque Brewery Tour!

For those of you who are unenlightened like me, the word Burque is a nickname for our fair city of Albuquerque and the first stop of the tour will be at the HallenBrick Brewery on Saturday, December 12 @ 11:00 a.m. This run is purely for fun and will be a 5K course following the same route as the Thanksgiving run that also begins at HallenBrick.

There is no charge for the fun run, but everyone will be asked to contribute a few dollars to order pizza from Pizza 9 (that offers a gluten-free crust) which will be delivered by the time some us finish the course. After the run, everyone can purchase their own beer to wash down the pizza and warm up our insides after the run (or I guess the more adventuresome of us could start drinking before the run, but we are not responsible if you get lost!)

We will be hosting more of these during the winter months leaving from various breweries around town, so keep an eye on the newsletter for more details on Stop 2 of the Burque Brewery Tour. Don’t miss out on the fun! And, as always, please drink responsibly and designate a driver…

Directions:
HallenBrick Brewery is located at 3817 Hawkins St. NE. off Jefferson between Osuna NE and Paseo del Norte NE. From Jefferson, turn West onto Hawkins and HallenBrick Brewery is about 1/4 mile down on your right.

If you get lost, call Kelley at (505) 235-7859.