Boxers and Beer

I just discovered an interesting and intriguing fact concerning the boxer breed. Boxers are historically linked to beer. In past centuries, German boxer owners would take their dogs with them to the local beer garden to sit with them outside and enjoy the weather and a good lager. There is evidence that boxers would quaff a quarter pint or two while chilling in the cool Bavarian breeze with their owners:

In the same vein runs a theory based on the fact that there were a group of dogs known as "Bierboxer" in Munich by the time of the breed's development. These dogs were the result from mixes of Bullenbeisser and other similar breeds. Bier (beer) probably refers to the Biergarten, the typical Munich beergarden, an open-air restaurant where people used to take their dogs along. The nickname "Deutscher Boxer" was derived from bierboxer and Boxer could also be a corruption of the former or a contraction of the latter.<sup>[7]


(source = wikipedia)</sup>

100 Miles

Today I ran a nice easy 5 miles in 40 minutes or so. It was a good change from the breakneck 4 milers I've been doing lately. Yesterday I hit a speed milestone for 28:22 4 miles on the treadmill. It's not race pace but 7:05 is a good pace for a steady-state run. Odd thing is I'm the fastest in my life and the speed seems easier and easier. Mentally also I feel very strong. They say the greatest age for a distance runner is around 28 so maybe I'm just hitting my peak in life I dunno.
Today marked mile 100 for the year thus far. My New Year's goal is to run 1000 miles this year. Also I want to run a sub-20 minute 5K and set a new PR in the half-marathon.
6:27 min/ mile = 19:59 5km