Running and eggnog, both quite enjoyable when experienced separately, can lead to queasy and potentially propulsive results when combined.


Runners in the 2010 Sacramento Eggnog Mile halt for the mandatory chugging between laps.

The pace, Erick Monyenye thought, was too slow. So just before Mile 19 of Sunday's California International Marathon, Monyenye shifted into another running gear and invited the rest of the dwindling leaders' pack to keep up.


Winner Erick Monyenye ...