Karissa Schweizer joins the Beer Mile Podcast to discuss her running journey, how she ended up at the Bowerman Track Club, diet/cooking, goals for the 2021 season, and her Kodiak Cakes sponsorship. We also learn more about some of her teammates and tee up the possibility of a Bowerman Track Club beer mile after the 2021 Olympics. 
Karissa holds the American Indoor Record for 3000m in a time of 8:25 and personal bests of 14:26 for 5000m and 4:00 for 1500m. Follow Karissa on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karissaschweiz4/
Main topics

Training during COVID 2:40
College running 5:16
Deciding to go pro and join BTC 7:12
Adjusting to pro running 11:48
Cats and dogs 16:10
Diet and cooking 17:25
Beer and wine during season 20:33
Offseason rowdiness 21:40
Kodiak Cakes sponsorship 23:20 
2021 season and Olympic Trials 25:20 
Odds of a BTC sweep at the Olympic Trials 31:42 
What percent of success is hard work vs luck? 35:10 
What is Karissa bad at? 37:06 
Favorite places to travel and live 39:15 
Games and hobbies 42:35 
Biggest nerd on BTC 46:15 
Spicy Question: who on BTC is the biggest partier in the off season? 47:14 
The Last Gulp: rapid fire questions 49:08 
Karissa and BTC Beer Mile 56:50 
Beer of the Week 1:00:45 
Peaked Too Early callout 1:05:16

The Beer Mile Podcast is co-hosted by Chuggernauts Chris Robertson and Adam Shurson. Chris is a Beer Mile World Champion and Record Holder and Adam is the engineer extraordinaire behind the upcoming beermile.com website refresh.
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