Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Shakin’ My Goodies In Your Face

I wanted to thank Ryan for nominating my blog for “Endurance Blog of the Year,” so I asked him what size feet he had. He told me he had size 13 skis. That’s not the answer I wanted. I asked if he had a girlfriend/wife/running buddy who had about 10.5 (male) size feet. He said that would fit his wife perfectly (who is a recent first-time marathoner)! So, as a “thank you” for nominating my blog, I sent his wife an assortment of 8 (unworn) pairs of Drymax socks from the stash that I won a few months ago:



I hope she loves them as much as I do! The gray and orange trail socks are my FAV!

Literally as soon as I got home from mailing the “thank you” socks, UPS showed up on my steps. It was my prize for winning Blog of the Year. How’s that for karma: I send a gift, I receive a gift! I got all kinds of goodies from Zeal Optics...



...including my new pair of Polarized “Tensai” Wood Stripe/Geo Blue sunglasses:





That’s a super pair of $130 sunglasses for free! Sweet! They’re great! I’ve only worn them driving a few times, but I hope to wear them for my Winter Carnival half-marathon. I’ll have photos when I wear them some more!

Oh, and between Roman and Zeal, they’re offering a discount on all new online orders. Just use the code “everymanzeal” to instantly save 20%! Thanks Zeal for the sweet shades, and thanks Roman for putting on the contest!

p.s. Anyone up for intervals on Saturday? I’m thinking about it. I'll literally bring my shovel if I have to and plow a ring around the track...

34 comments:

  1. Congrats on the win Steve! You deserve it your blog is that awesome!

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  2. Congrats again on the win, and enjoy your prizes! :)

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  3. I'm sure it was MY vote that put you over the top on winning "Blog of the Year"!! Hehehe.

    You scored on the sunglasses Steve!

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  4. Congrats Steve. You earned it. No one puts more effort into a blog than you, and it shows.

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  5. I would join you saturday if you wanna come to texas?

    and yes you SO DESERVED IT.

    you are a great blogger. prolific blogger and, IMO, MOST IMPORTANT freakin hilarious.

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  6. Nice bling -- and very deserving. You provide a brightspot in the blog world, especially the competitive side that all too often is focused on statistics. Thanks for showing us even the fast guys have fun.

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  7. Sweet gifts! Congrats on the win again!

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  8. Congratulations on the win. The new stuff is sweet!

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  9. Congrats, what a nice swag bag!

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  10. Nice! Those sunglasses are sweet!

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  11. Sweet... congrats on your big win!

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  12. Nice shades. I love you you qualified the socks as "unworn." hahaha

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  13. Nice sway bag. And uh, those socks would fit me perfect too if you're looking to get rid of some more. :o)

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  14. Sweet prizes!

    Will you come up to Toronto and shovel a path for me?

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  15. The ribbon in your sidebar looks mighty nice, but I think it could use some shades.

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  16. What a sweet deal: socks for sunglasses!

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  17. Sweet shades! those will certainly come in handy. and yes, i voted for you in the blog contest. and i'm glad you won.

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  18. Nice (ands well-deserved) swag, there, brother.

    Usually, when you ask a guy's "shoe size", it's assumed you're trying to gauge the size of ... um ... something else.

    By the way, I wear a size 25 shoe. In case you were wondering. (You know you were.)

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  19. The few "surprises" I have mailed to bloggers made me feel so good. Giving and Receiving is a wonderful thing!

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  20. Congrats!

    And I should mention, I'm a bit of a klepto, so might want to keep ahold of those specs when I'm around...

    Speaking of, I'm in for Speed Saturday.

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  21. I have been wearing Zeals for years now and I am in love. The best part is that on the few occasions in the past couple of years that I have managed to break my $90 sunglasses, Zeal has this thing where they will replace them for half the price if you send in the remains. Good for clumsy people like me! And I have yet to find other sunglasses for running that don't slip - I pretty much forget I have them on...

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  22. Congrats on winning all the cool gear! Count me in for Saturday!

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  23. Those are some NICE sunglasses. Thanks for the discount code and congratulations!

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  24. Can you send me a list of what you do on the Saturday morning interval training? That way we can do them with you...sort of...only on the other side of the country and a couple hours later and a lot warmer...

    :-D

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  25. Sweet shades! Way to go with that good karma.

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  26. congrats steve. I hope all my little preppster readers helped you win. now find a new costume to match your sunglasses. :) bahahaha

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  27. thanks for showing us those cool shades.....very nice......

    congrats again on winning!!

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  28. Shwag, shwag everywhere! Nice!

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  29. Can't wait to see you sporting those shades in a photo soon.

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  30. Those sunglasses are mighty fly, Mr. Steve.

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  31. That was so nice of you!!! And that's some fancy swag!!

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