Thursday, March 24, 2011

...And We Have a Winner! Rock 'N' Roll Nashville Half/Marathon Giveaway!

I knew that even if I gave myself weeks to think about how to select a winner, I'd probably never out-do myself for letting my cat select the ZYM giveaway winners. But I still was scoffing at the thought of heading over to random.org to do the picking for something so awesome. This is a Rock 'N' Roll Nashville Marathon giveaway, for goodness sake. We need some some edge-of-our-seat excitement here!

So I adopted a little technique I found over on Steve in a Speedo's blog a few months back.

First up, I printed all the contestants. Thanks to a few of you for leaving comments that weren't actually an entry... jerks. ;)

The Rock 'N' Roll Nashville Contestants
Then I numbered all the legit entries (there were 27 of them). Brownie points to those of you who entered this contest seriously. :)

The REAL Rock 'N' Roll Nashville Contestants
And to determine the winner... in shows up a friend who doesn't even know I have a blog.

Friend
And there we have it!

The Rock 'N' Roll Nashville Marathon Winner!

Congratulations C*TINE! I hope you're ready to run a marathon in a month. ;)

Please email me at diaryofanaveragerunner [at] gmail [dot] com and I'll get your code to you right away. I can't wait to read about your race -- good luck! :)

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11 comments:

  1. The Boring RunnerMarch 24, 2011 at 12:58 PM

    SUCH a great way to pick a winner

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  2. RoadBunnerMarch 24, 2011 at 1:57 PM

    Congrats to the winner. You do such thorough, "How Did I Pick the Winner" reviews :)

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  3. Pam @ herbieontherun.comMarch 24, 2011 at 2:06 PM

    Damnit!!!!!

    Er... I mean, congrats c*tine!

    I guess.

    *pout*

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  4. EmzMarch 24, 2011 at 2:17 PM

    loving this idea.

    awesome.

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  5. Rad RunnerMarch 24, 2011 at 4:55 PM

    you ARE FREAKIN hilarious.

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  6. AlisonMarch 25, 2011 at 1:23 AM

    Congrats c*tine!

    I was good and abstained from that post completely. If you could thrown in a trans-Atlantic flight next time though then I'll partake ;)

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  7. ajhMarch 25, 2011 at 6:31 PM

    This is great. Last time I used random.ajh That worked too.

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  8. Matthew BradfordMarch 26, 2011 at 3:31 PM

    AA,
    You crushed it with this contestant selection. I'll be having a weird/sweet contest early next month and I'd love for advice on how to make the selection when it comes around.

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  9. M-DOOGMarch 27, 2011 at 8:58 PM

    That's awesome! I'm running in the Country Music Marathon this year for the first time. I can't wait to see how many people are there. Congratulations to C*TINE. Take advantage of this free entry, and enjoy the race!

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  10. AnonymousMarch 29, 2011 at 1:04 PM

    haha I love this! Great way to pick a winner!

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  11. PageMarch 29, 2011 at 8:09 PM

    That might be the best way to pick a winner EVER! Wanna grab Jamba or donuts some time?

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