My Track Record: Who will win at Western States?

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.

Comments

Male: Sim Jae Duk (16:30 hr)
Female: Anne ludbald (18:30hr)

Posted by: Anil Rao | June 18, 2007 11:59 PM

Brian Robinson 15:42
Anne Lundblad 17:58

Posted by: Stu Gibeau | June 19, 2007 5:03 AM

Sim Jae Duk- 17:04 and Anne Lundblad- 19:32

Posted by: Karl Meltzer | June 19, 2007 7:45 AM

Erik Skaden 16:45
Nikki Kimball 18:12

Posted by: AJW | June 19, 2007 7:54 AM

Graham Cooper 17:10
Nikki Kimball 18:45

Posted by: Peter Lubbers | June 19, 2007 7:56 AM

Carlton Fisk - 37:45
Talia Shire - 33:03

This is for the celebrity division. Fisky's got to lose a little weight, but he has mental toughness.

Posted by: Capster | June 19, 2007 8:30 AM

Lon Freeman 16:40
Nikki Kimball 18:25

Posted by: Zack | June 19, 2007 9:15 AM

Greg Crowthers - 15:41
Nikki Kimball - 18:07

Posted by: Paul K. Lindauer | June 19, 2007 9:32 AM

Sim Jae Duk- 16:00
Nikki Kimball- 18:30

Posted by: Paul Ralyea | June 19, 2007 9:40 AM

Erik Skaden 17:02
Nikki Kimball 18:32

Posted by: Craig Thornley | June 19, 2007 10:07 AM

Wow, not a single vote for you to win it yet!! That ain't right!!! So, as a fellow Vermonter (I know, you live in Wash. now, but I won't hold it against you) I'll put in my predictions:

Greg Crowther: 17:00
Nikki Kimball: 18:34

Have a great run, Greg. I'm sure you'll rock. As we say frequently during our adventure races..."What could possibly go wrong?" Of course, that phrase is freqently followed by cursing and knashing of teeth, but hey, that's all part of the experience, right?

Posted by: Grambo | June 19, 2007 10:18 AM

Kami Semick - 18:24
Brian Robinson - 16:54

Posted by: Elizabeth | June 19, 2007 10:28 AM

Sim Jae Duk (16:50)
Nikki Kimball (18:20)

Posted by: AK | June 19, 2007 10:41 AM

Something odd happened here - my projected winners and times showed up under Grambo's post...or is that just coincidence?

Can I try again?

Posted by: Elizabeth | June 19, 2007 10:44 AM

William Morrison - 17:02
Nikki Kimball - 18:38

Posted by: Cougar | June 19, 2007 11:02 AM

First of all, I ain't Flyin' Brian Robinson, and I ain't runnin Western, so don't email me thinking I'm some famous fastpacker.

Greg Crowther: 16:45
Nikki Kimball: 17:50

Posted by: Big Robinson | June 19, 2007 11:49 AM

Erik Skaden 16:47
Nikki Kimball 18:17

Have a great time Greg. I'm crewing so will be there in person to collect my winnings--save you the postage hassle and all.

Posted by: Leanne McCulloch | June 19, 2007 11:52 AM

Sim Jae Duk 16:55
Nikki Kimball 18:40

Posted by: Todd Salzer | June 19, 2007 12:46 PM

Sim Jae Duk 15:58
Nikki Kimball 18:20

Posted by: chris wedge | June 19, 2007 12:52 PM

James Bonnett 17:00
Julie Fingar 19:00

Posted by: Jay | June 19, 2007 1:24 PM

Erik Skaden 17:21

Anne Lundblad 18:39

Double Western States

Keith Richards 67:29
Bea Arthur (Golden Girls)58:40

Posted by: WynnMan | June 19, 2007 1:43 PM

Sim Jae Duk 15:25
Nikki Kimball 18:31

Posted by: Euihwa Lee | June 19, 2007 2:21 PM

Greg Crowther 16:55
Nikki Kimball 18:41

Good luck Doogie!

Posted by: Jem | June 19, 2007 3:50 PM

Lon Freeman, 17:17
Nikki Kimball, 18:40

And a top 10 finish for Greg, ensuring he will have to return every year. ;-)

Posted by: ScottD | June 19, 2007 5:27 PM

kami semick 18:38
Jon Olsen 16:16

Posted by: black rainbow | June 19, 2007 5:54 PM

Erik Skaden 16:52
Kami Semick 19:23

Posted by: Erik Dube | June 19, 2007 6:19 PM

Kami Semick 18:39
Brian Morrison 16:27

good luck everyone!!!

Posted by: Uli Steidl | June 19, 2007 10:28 PM

Anne Lundblad 18:20
Lon Freeman 16:12

Posted by: Sam | June 19, 2007 11:05 PM

David Goggins 1707

Niki Kimball 1841

Posted by: krista | June 20, 2007 7:25 AM

niki kimball 1842

dave goggins 1717

Posted by: krista | June 20, 2007 7:27 AM

I've got to cast my vote for the males for Brian
Morrison.. He's got some unfinished business :)

Brian Morrison - 16:19
Nikki Kimball - 18:32

Posted by: Travis | June 20, 2007 8:12 AM

Sim Jae Duk: 16:11
Anne Lundblad: 18:26

Posted by: NN | June 20, 2007 8:24 AM

Lon Freeman 16:54
Nikki Kimball 18:52

Posted by: wdewitt | June 20, 2007 10:31 AM

Andy Jones-Wilkins 17:22
Beverley Anderson-Abbs 19:01

Posted by: Rob Leder | June 20, 2007 11:46 PM

Lon Freeman 15:40
Nikki Kimball 18:10

Posted by: Chihping Fu | June 21, 2007 8:04 AM

Jim Huffman 16:00
Kami Semick 18:00

Posted by: Cow | June 21, 2007 8:25 AM

Lon Freeman 16:17
Nikki Kimball 18:34

Posted by: Anton Krupicka | June 21, 2007 7:02 PM

Lon Freeman 17:21
Kami Semick 18:56

Posted by: JML | June 22, 2007 7:24 AM

Per NCAA rules and regulations, I am not allowed to participate in this contest. However, if I were allowed to participate, here is what my predictions would be:

Brian Morrison 16:30
Kami Semick 18:27

Best wishes to everyone!!

Crowther - If you win this, everyone is going to have to re-think their ultra training in the future. :)

Posted by: Trisha | June 22, 2007 9:32 AM

Oh lord, please pardon my terrible grammar above!

Posted by: Trisha | June 22, 2007 9:33 AM

Annette Bednosky - 18:49
Sim Jae Duk - 15:32

Posted by: Nick | June 22, 2007 12:03 PM

Lon Freeman 15:34 (yeah!)
Karine Herry 18:18 (her, too, has some unfinished business here, and I'm her only compatriot on the course)

The weather is exceptionally perfect this year uphere, there will be some fast time!

Posted by: Jean Pommier | June 22, 2007 12:07 PM

Lon Freeman - 16:22
Nikki Kimball - 18:27