Ill computations

photo cred to Faces of Dicky

All right folks, I got some preliminary results back on how the voting is going for the Breck Epic blogger's contest (all the contestants got an update). Yes, I'm currently in the lead according to the preliminary numbers, but the lack of votes seem kinda sad. I know some of you are thinking "Of course he's gonna win. He wins everything that doesn't really require talent, so why would I bother to vote for him?"

Because I asked nicely?

I mean come on, I get up almost everyday before the sun comes up to type this drivel, and all I ask in return is that you take 45 seconds of your time to click this link and place a vote for me??? That seems like a fair trade, right??

For those of you not in the loop the current standings look like this:

ME

EVERYBODY ELSE

Kinda scary, huh? In actuality the rankings are as follows:

Rich "Too good lookin' for words" Dillen

Luke "No, Dave's not my brother so quit asking" Wiens

Jen "I've got a gun, and I'm not afraid to use it" Hanks

Tomi "There's a contest going on?" McMillar

On the outside looking in is:
Lynda "Vote for me or I will personally hunt you down and kill you" Wallenfells.

Now you can see I'm up against a serious looking racer boy, a girl who knows how to use firearms, and a beer swilling, sandwich eating, helmet wearing guy who looks like he steppped off the cover of GQ. So it's coming down to the Kip Winger bad boy of the blog world (me), the cover boy from MBAction, a female subscriber to Guns and Ammo, and a male super model filling the top spots as of now. I would definitely say that no one is out of the running so far, and you never know who might have a brother who is the governor of Florida who might just decide to whole thing for us.

Make your vote happen TODAY, or else I'll... I'll... I don't know what I'll do since I'll have no way of knowing whether you voted or not, but whatever I do it will have global implications.

Now, I promise I will not ask for your vote again for at least seven to ten days (including weekends).

What else might be going on in my world?

Yesterday I got the "curse of the bike whore" left on my front door.

I can't say for certain what showed up at my door (and then left moments later), but I feel like it was something good. I will find out today, and you will find out tomorrow.

Here's a photo from the last short track race I did this past weekend:

photo cred: Rick Wynne

Notice that horrible grimace I'm wearing on my face? That look was there for approximately 44 of the 45 minutes I was on the bike. So even giving it my all I could I only managed to muster a midpack finish, but I did realize why I failed to move up. Remember when I built the super fast short track death machine last week? Well I ended up forgetting to mount up the lighter aluminum Chris King cog instead of the heavy steel one I normally run. According to the calculations I plugged into Analyticcycling.com I would have came in at least one place higher with the lighter cog.

It's a fact.

Now go make some noise!!!