How about a little prognostication contest? Tell me which man and which woman will be the overall winners of the Western States Endurance Run and you could wind up with an inexpensive but oddly gratifying prize!
RULES
1. The contest is open to anyone who lives in a place where this sort of thing is not forbidden.
2. To enter, submit a comment on this entry with the full names of the people you think will be the overall winners (one male, one female). For tie-breaking purposes, also submit a predicted winning time for each predicted winner.
3. Time predictions should be given in hours and minutes elapsed since the start (e.g., 17:52 means that the 100 miles will be covered in 17 hours and 52 minutes — NOT that the person will finish at 5:52 PM). If seconds are specified, they will automatically be dropped (e.g., 17:52:44 will be truncated to 17:52). Once a given time has been submitted, it cannot be used by any subsequent entrant.
4. One entry per person, please. (And don’t try to get tricky by submitting multiple comments under different names!) If someone enters more than once, only his/her first entry will count.
5. The deadline for entering is Saturday, June 23rd at 5:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time. (That’s when the race starts.)
6. Contest entries will be compared to actual race results using a proprietary algorithm. Picking me to win will not be advantageous unless I actually do win, so flatter me at your own risk. The contest winner will be announced next week on this blog.
7. The contest winner will choose from among the following prizes: (A) $25 of credit at the Western States Store; (B) a rare copy of the out-of-print Science Groove CD Muscles & Magnets; (C) the opportunity to write a guest entry on this blog.
8. In submitting entries, participants agree to the waiver below.
WAIVER
I understand that posting comments on blogs is a potentially risky activity. I promise that I have prepared adequately for this task. If anything bad should happen to me as a result of participating in this contest, it’s my own damn fault.
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