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    Default Marathon Cigar Contest

    I'm running the Seattle Marathon a week from Sunday and figured a contest was in order for the occasion. The closest guess of my finishing time in hrs:mins:secs gets a fiver of my best Acids and White Owls

    Asshats need not apply & I'll make the final determination of status if there's a question. Of course, if there's a question, that's prolly your answer Everyone gets one guess & no editing once it's posted!

    A couple of hints: My best 20 mile pace without crashing is 10:45 but pace tends to pick up during a race. The course is pretty difficult with hills at the beginning and end. The weather is generally shitty this time of year but can vary wildly. Last year it snowed two days before and then was decent the day of the race. I'm hoping for under 5 hours but it's my first so ultimately anything other than DNF is a win I'll post my bib number for verification after I pick up my race packet next week. The contest closes 11/26.

    Todd

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    Thanks for the contest, Todd!

    Guess: 4hr:36min:48seconds

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    Cool contest! Good luck with your run. I have only run 10k runs so I can't even fathom running a marathon. My guess is:

    5hr:9min:32seconds

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    Dude that is way cool. 4 hrs, 19 mins, 19 seconds.

    Good luck and thanks for the contest!
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    Buzz is smoking our cigars. This probably is his triumphant scam.

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    Badass! Good luck!

    4hr:11min:50sec

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    I need to ask a question if I could. Are you running a 3 .1 mile Marathon on the 26 of Nov? I just want to be clear how far this run is before I guess. Thanks!






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    5:19:20
    Thanks for the contest!

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    Thanks for the contest and good luck! I hope the weather's great and you do well.

    My guess:

    4h:45m:00s
    It matters not how strait the gate,
    How charged with punishments the scroll.
    I am the master of my fate:
    I am the captain of my soul.

    ***William Ernest Henley***

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    Thanks for the contest!

    3:58:57


    Age Quod Agis

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    Enjoy it! Hope the weather is good!

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    And the winner is...Paddy!!! With a guess of 5:23:15 Paddy guessed the closest to my finish of 5:53:04. It was a hell of a lot harder than I was hoping and the whole last half I split my desperate thinking to take my mind off the cramping between my wife & son, the beers I'm currently drinking and the cigar I'm about to smoke. It's amazing how hard beer hits you after taking a couple months off & running a marathon...This post has been fairly difficult It's also a phenomenal pain killer Shoot me your new addy Paddy since I lost all mine in a single accidental delete Off to the garage for a great cigar and another 90 minute dogfish head

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    Congrats Paddy! Glad you finished great job! Thanks for the contest!!






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    "Do this...go to Google and type in "Dumbass that can't take a hint"...notice the picture of a big feller in his Moms kitchen with a can of Wannabe RockStar on his man boob...Hey, that's you!" TheGreekTitan





    May God grant us the wisdom to discover right, the will to


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    Congrats Cigarbear for finishing your marathon. Not an easy task even when the conditions are ideal!

    Congrats to Paddy for the winning guess!

    Mark

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    Yeah, what Mark said!

    Way to go on completing that tough run!

    Way to go Paddy!
    It matters not how strait the gate,
    How charged with punishments the scroll.
    I am the master of my fate:
    I am the captain of my soul.

    ***William Ernest Henley***

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