And the Best Endurance Sports Blog of 2010 are...
What another incredible list of great endurance sports blogs this year.
As always thanks to everyone who voted, and especially thanks to all the bloggers that worked so hard this year to keep us fascinated, entertained, enthralled, amused and educated.
We're so happy and proud to recognize all of the hard work and effort that went into these Best Blogs this year.
So THANK YOU ALL!
So now there is noting left to do but announce the winners.
Over 3500 votes have been cast this year. (a new record)
The ribbons and prizes are waiting for the winners.
So without any further delay here are your podium finishers for the Best Blogs of 2010.
The Top Three Endurance Sports Blogs of 2010
The Bronze Blog of 2010:
DC Rainmaker
Blog: DC Rainmaker.com
For a second year in a row DC rainmaker takes the podium position to win the Bronze ribbon. This year Rainmaker took you on a wonderful pictorial trip of China and the great wall in THIS post.
And as in previous years Rainmaker combines great photos, with the latest use of technology and a funny and smart writing style to really engage the his reader in his various adventures.
Good work Rainmaker! Thanks for another wonderful year of photos and endurance fun.
The Silver Blog of 2010:
steve in a speedo?! Gross!
Blog steve in a speedo?! Gross!
Now we know that in this photo it appears that the wrong person is wearing the Batman Speedo, but trust us when we say that Steve never disappoints when it comes to wearing a Speedo, Cow costume, or any number of silly and fun outfits...and best of all he's the guy also racing in them.
This year his fun, entertaining, and heart-felt blog did not disappoint as it introduced us to a fun band of friends and family that seem to thrive on living life to the fullest....be that racing, eating, or just celebrating life.
Think of this blog as the crazy fun family that you don't have, but wish you had.
So Steve thanks for another year of making us laugh so much it hurt, and please keep up the great work.
You make being crazy creative and fun seem effortless, and we know how hard that is to keep up year after year.
The Gold Blog of 2010:
Fat Cyclist
Blog: Fat Cyclist
First of all let's get this out of the way immediately. Fat Cyclist is not fat what-so-ever even though his nickname (Fatty) would suggest otherwise. In fact, Fatty is incredibly fit as THIS post clearly proves as he keeps up with Lance Armstrong and the boys of team Radio Shack up MT. Lemon in Tucson.
But besides being very fit...Fatty is also a very talented and humble writer. Over the course of the last several years he's brought us into his home and shared the most intimate, funny, triumphant, silly, and painful moments of his life.
There is no other blogger on the internet that can make you go from crying to laughing in the space of a handful of well written lines.
But his accomplishments go beyond just entertainment. Over the year's he's also helped raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for cancer research as well as given away too much stuff, and too many bikes to count.
For his kind heart and hilarious sense of humor he deserves to be on any list of the best blogs of 2009 and not just ones dedicated to endurance sports.
For his hard work and dedication to cyclist and cancer research we are proud to name Fatcyclist.com the Best Endurance Sports Blog of 2009!
Thanks to everyone who voted. The official 2009 Best Blog results are below.
These Blogs will also receive the Top Ten Best Ribbon.
The 10 Best Sport Endurance Blogs of 2009 (in no particular Order) are:
Once again congrats to everyone who was nominated and especially to the 10 Best blog winners of 2009.
These Blogs will also receive the Top Ten Best Ribbon.
Thanks to everyone who voted.
The official 2009 Best Blog results are below:
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And the Best Endurance Sports Blogs of 2008 are...
What an incredible list of great blogs this year.
Thanks to everyone who voted, and especially thanks to all the bloggers that worked so hard this year to keep us fascinated, entertained, enthralled, amused and educated. We're so happy and proud to recognize all of the hard work and effort that went into these Best Blogs this year.
And yes while the top three podium position will receive a great pair of Zeal Optics sunglasses, they deserve our recognition and thanks for coming up with such creative blogs.
So THANK YOU ALL!
So now there is noting left to do but announce the winners.
The votes have been cast.
The ribbons and prizes are waiting for the winners.
So without any further delay here are your podium finishers for the Best Blogs of 2008.
The Top Three Sports Endurance Blogs of 2008
The Bronze Blog of 2008:
DC Rainmaker
Blog: DC Rainmaker
We suspects that it is posts like THIS post about a few less than ideal ways to lose weight that highlight why DC Rainmaker was chosen as one of the Top Ten Blog of 2008.
Rainmaker combines great photos, with the latest use of technology and a funny and smart writing style to really engage the his reader in his various adventures.
The Silver Blog of 2008:
Elizabeth Fedofsky
Blog: Elizabeth Fedofsky
We suspects that it is posts like THIS recent post about her newly acquired iPhone that makes her blog such a popular read.
Liz has a way of humanizing technology and the sport of triathlon.
As a successful coach and longtime Best Blog winner, she's been carefully building both her blog and her coaching business over the last few years, and her hard works really shows.
The Gold Blog of 2008:
steve in a speedo?! Gross!
Blog steve in a speedo?! Gross!
We suspects that it is posts like THIS one that include both a photo of Steve wearing only his black square, and some sort of mysterious Chinese like food, that made him last year's Silver ribbon champ. It indeed takes a special kind of talent to combine this photo with egg rolls in one post about a 5K race.
The 10 Best Sport Endurance Blogs of 2008 (in no particular Order) are:
These Blogs will also receive the Top Ten Best Ribbon.
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Thanks to everyone who voted. The official 2008 Best Blog results are below:
The Rules and the Prizes:
The Rules:
- The contest is open to any blogs that existed for at least 8 months of time during the year 2008.
- Valid email addresses are required to submit a Blog. You must use your own address.
- You may nominate your own blog.
- raceAthlete previously sponsored athletes and their Blogs are not eligible.
- Entries will be accepted throughout the month of October.
- On October 31st of 2008 all entries will be judged by a panel committee of team raceAthletes and the "Ten Best Blogs" of 2008 will be announced.
- Online voting for the Gold, Silver and Bronze Blogs will take place the first two weeks of November of 2008 until November 17th.
- Winners will be announced on Tuesday November 18th, and prizes and "Best Blog" ribbons will be awarded to the winners.
The Prizes:
Gold, Silver and Bronze winners will be awarded the raceAthlete "2008 Best Blog" ribbon to display on their Blog for next year along with a pair of new Zeal Sunglasses of their choosing.
The Gold winner "Best Blog of 2008" will also receive a special bonus award from team raceAthlete.
The 2007 Best Blog Winners
Gold---Running and Rambling
Silver---Steve in a Speedo?! Gross
Bronze---Nytro (Life is Nuts)
The Ten Best Endurance Blogs of 2007
The nominations are over and our panel of raceAthletes has spoken. Below are the Ten Best Sports Endurance Blogs of 2007:
Nytro (Life is Nuts) (http://lifeisnuts.blogspot.com)
Athena Diaries (http://athenadiaries.blogspot.com)
TriGreyhound (http://trigreyhound.blogspot.com)
Club Dread (http://dreadpiraterackham.blogspot.com)
Nancy Toby: Run Big! (http://www.nancytoby.blogspot.com)
Steve in a Speedo?! Gross!(http://iwannagetphysical.blogspot.com)
Studies in Clydeology (http://clydeologist.blogspot.com)
TriBoomer (http://www.triboomer.blogspot.com)
Iron Pol (http://www.ironpol.com/blog.html)
Running and Rambling (http://www.runningandrambling.com)
The 2006 Ten Best Best Blogs
1) Athena Diaries
2) Bolder in Boulder
3) The Daily Grind
4) Elizabeth Fedofsky
5) IM Training: Ironman Triathlon and Me
6) LM's Blog
7) Through th3 Wall
8) Train-This
9) Tri-Geek Dreams
10) TriSaraTops IM Adventure