Vote Early and Often

In case you missed it elsewhere, the promoters of the inaugural Breck Epic are sponsoring a blogger's contest, with the top four contestants winning an free race entry.  Tomi McMillar has thrown his hat into the ring, as has Internet contest veteran Dicky.  Early returns show Dicky with a substantial lead over the rest of the field, with Tomi McMillar holding down the fourth position.  Go here to view the contestant profiles and go here to vote.

I'm throwing my support behind Tomi and I'm suggesting that all of you do the same.  Since you're able to vote for three contestants, I'm also recommending you vote for Dicky and Sarah Uhl.  Dicky is a no-brainer since he's without question the King of the Cycling Blogosphere. But Sarah Uhl?  I'm not sure she even has a blog, but Mika once snapped at her and she was cool about it.   That's good enough for me.  So honor Mika's memory and give her your vote.  Vote early and often...and use multiple IP addresses.

When the Breck Epic blogger's contest was first announced, I gave it some consideration and went as far as writing up an application.  But after deciding that a one day race in Breckenridge (the Breckenridge 100) was a better fit for my 2009 goals, I abandoned my contest ambitions, the trade off being a single day of suffering in the high altitude of the Colorado Rockies rather than of a week of altitude sickness. 

I've gone back and forth about posting my Breck Epic blogger's application on this site.  Some of what I wrote is arguably clever and funny (and worth posting), while the rest is more unabashed self-promotion more than anything else.  But since it's Oscar night, the timing seems right to post my response to one of the better questions posed to the Breck Epic blogger contestants:  "Who will play you in the Breck Epic movie and why?"  My answer appears in the below post.  If you think I have the right stuff, feel free to cast your vote for me in the Comments section.