Kayoko Fukushi, an Olympic marathoner for Japan, was training in Boulder, Colorado, when her agent told her about a Fourth of July 4K race hosted by a local brewery. She signed up, ran the race as a tempo run, and won. Her prize? Her weight in beer, which translated to five cases of craft brew from Avery Brewing Co. But since the Olympian will compete in Rio in August, she couldn’t drink a sip.

Fukushi, who won the 2016 Osaka Marathon by more than six minutes, in 2:22:17, covered the 4K course in 13:34.

“It was fun,” she said, through Brendan Reilly, her agent and translator.

Fukushi will head to Rio next month for her third Olympics. In 2008 she ran the 10,000 meters, finishing 11th with a time of 31:01. In 2012, she finished slightly better (10th) in 31:10 and 8th in the 5,000 meters semifinal with a time of 15:09.

When asked what the marathoner would do with the beer, Reilly said everyone had been asking him that. He explained that Fukushi planned to shared it with him, and with her teammates’ coaches, who will arrive in Boulder this week with the Japanese women’s distance team.

Brendan Reilly

“Kayoko has been extremely generous with her winnings,” Reilly told Runner’s World.

Fukushi’s training partner, Shohei Tomita finished second in his age group, scoring a single case of beer. In solidarity, he gave his winnings to the owners of Twin Lakes Inn, where the team stays every year. The owners, Binesh and Nadia Prasad are former Olympian runners.

Heather Mayer Irvine Freelance Writer Heather is the former food and nutrition editor for Runner’s World and the author of The Runner’s World Vegetarian Cookbook

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