Ah screw it, here’s who won the contests during the live blog:

PREDICTION CONTEST:  “Drew” — Despite doubting LoLo and Lagat, Drew correctly picked the most Olympic qualifiers.

COMMENT CONTEST: Jesse, sometimes known as “j-bird” — “It’s nice of them to interview the donkey from shrek.”

HONORABLE MENTION COMMENTS:
** Andrew: Am I the only one who thinks that Spearmon has an uncanny likeness to Ice-T?

** el duderino: there’s going to be a hooker on the usa team in china

** H-Dawg in Brimtucky: The U.S. needs a male Jordan Hasay equivilant, but with a “rat tail” instead. And he would wear L.A. Lights.

Congratulations to all, and thanks for participating — you guys really made the Live Blogs better than they would have been with just the two of us.  In short, you guys were the pine-tree-shaped air-freshener in the abandoned-car-that-a-hobo-had-died-in that was our Live Blog.  For that… thank you.

This trials has been quite a doozy.  We’ve had highs and lows with friends and foes, cheers and jeers over burgers and beers (that might be the dumbest thing I’ve ever written). Regardless, there is one last thing to take care of before we go: this Live Blog.

This Live Blog is going to be EXTRA special as we will be having two contests.  With PRIZES!!!!  The winner of each contest will receive a special 3000 Miles Eugene08 prize pack.
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A heads-up: We will be live blogging from the Eugene08 festival grounds on the final day of the Olympic Trials tomorrow.  It’s going to be, like, super fun and lucrative for you.

For those of you who don’t know what a live blog is, it’s a series of real time comments from both myself and you the viewer, that string together and provide “commentary,” “race updates” and “fart jokes”.  You know, media.  This time, we will be having contests throughout the two plus hour session where viewers can win all sorts of great prizes from the world of running and Eugene08.

So, if you will be sitting at home Sunday watching the meet and thinking, Larry Rawson is not making enough obscure pop culture references and I wish Dwight Stones would make fun of how Carol Lewis is always yelling, then you are in luck because I will be doing all that AND MORE!!!

Tune in tomorrow at around 3:30 Pacific, 6:30 Eastern time.  It will be like a party on your computer.  So, way better than a “real” party.

–ben