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Location:

UT,United States

Member Since:

Apr 05, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

"PRIOR PREPRATION PREVENTS PISS POOR PERFORMANCE"

Best running times:

5K - 17:45, Nestle, 2008

10K - 43:34, Des News, 2008

1/2 Marathon - 1:32:50, Provo 1/2, 1999

Full Marathon - 3:21:26, St. George, 1999

Best Boston Marathon: 3:29:57, 2006

I  RAN AND COMPLETED MY 12/12/60th BIRTHDAY CHALLENGE. 12 MARATHONS IN 12 MONTHS  (FEB 5,2011 - FEB 19, 2012)

ST GEORGE MARATHON(14)    1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2018, 2019 (14)

THE BOSTON MARATHON(14)  2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, (14)

DESERET NEWS MARATHON,(4)  2004, 2005, 2006, 2011 (4)

OGDEN MARATHON(3)  2004, 2005, 2011, 2022 (4)

PARK CITY MARATHON(6)  2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011

TOP OF UTAH MARATHON(4)  2004, 2005, 2007, 2011.

UTAH VALLEY MARATHON(3)  2010, 2011, 2021.

THE COWTOWN MARATHON(1)  2011

THE HOOVER DAM MARATHON (1)    2011

THE DALLAS WHITE ROCK MARATHON(1)   2011

THE SURF CITY USA MARATHON(2)    2012, 2013

THE LOST DUTCHMAN MARATHON(1)   2012

THE LAYTON MARATHON,(1)  2013

THE MT NEBO MARATHON,(1)  2014

THE ATHENS GREECE AUTHENTIC MARATHON (1), NOV 8, 2015

THE GREEN BAY MARATHON (1), JUNE 22 2016

THE CIM (1), DEC 4, 2016

THE HUNTSVILLE "FULL MONTE" MARATHON (2), 2017 & 2019

 

 

64 MARATHONS, From 1998 until 2022  W/ ZERO DNFS

1st Marathon, St. George Marathon, OCTOBER 3, 1998. 

64 total Marathons, The Ogden Marathon, May  2022.

169 OVERALL RACES (5Ks, 10Ks, 1/2s, Full Marathons & Tris) SINCE JUNE 4, 1998 UNTIL TODAY. (ZERO-DNF'S)

 

"PAY ME NOW OR PAY ME LATER"

Short-Term Running Goals:

RUN A 17:00 5K

RUN A 38:00 10K

RUN A 90:00 1/2 MARY

RUN A SUB 3 HR FULL MARY (I know I will never hit this one, but I will keep on trying)

RUN THE BOSTON MARATHON, AT LEAST ONE MORE TIME IN 2022! 

"THERE WILL BE DAYS THAT I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN RUN A MARATHON, BUT THERE WILL ALSO BE A LIFE TIME KNOWING THAT I HAVE!"

Long-Term Running Goals:

 

2021 RUNNING RACE SCHEDULE: (STILL SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

1. UTAH VALLEY MARATHON, (3rd plc AD) 5 JUNE '21

2. UTAH VALLEY 5k, (1st plc AD), JUNE 2021

3. SANDY CITY 4th of JULY CLASSIC 5K, (3rd plcAD), 3 JULY '21

4. UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HOMECOMING 5K, U5K, (1st plc AD) 9/18/'21

5. SANDY CITY TURKEY TROT & VETERANS DAY 5K, (1st plc AD), 11/13/'21

6. Midnight Madness 5K, 12/31/2021, (1st plc AD)

 

                                
2022 race schedule:

1. The Ogden Marathon, May 21,'22, 5th in Age Division 

2.  Sandy City 4th of July 5k, (29:37) (Age Div 1st plc)

3.  Sandy City Balloon Fest 5k, (30:51) ( 1st plc Age Div)

 

GOALS.....My goal is to be an Age Division Winner and a Boston Marathon Qualifer & Participant as long as I can run this short, fat, tired old man body down the road!!!  This gettin' old crap isn't for the weak of heart, mind, body or spirit!

 

 

 

 

Personal:

 

"IMPROVISE, ADAPT & OVERCOME"

I'm still alive after all these years, All "71 yrs" of them and I'm continuing to live my dreams and I'm doing it my way! Retired Former State of Utah Police Criminal Investigator & United States ARMY O&I Sergeant! 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
T-1 Lifetime Miles: 928.65
P2 Lifetime Miles: 233.50
P2a Lifetime Miles: 978.15
Other Lifetime Miles: 806.47
P2.5 Lifetime Miles: 392.45
P2.12 Altra Provision Lifetime Miles: 232.50
T-3 Lifetime Miles: 368.41
IQ Lifetime Miles: 414.75
IQ2 Lifetime Miles: 295.79
IQ 3 Lifetime Miles: 153.55
IQ 4 Lifetime Miles: 93.94
IQ 5 Lifetime Miles: 64.31
IQ 6 Lifetime Miles: 31.13
Race: The Boston Marathon (26.2 Miles) 04:51:12, Place overall: 24488, Place in age division: 813
Total Distance
26.20

The Boston....the report will follow, soon.

 

April 20, 2015, The Boston Marathon

I've been to 11 previous Boston Marathons since 2000 and I never know what to expect when it comes to the weather except that I know there will be some. 

I went this year expecting to BQ for 2016 but all my best plans did not come to fruitition. I felt like I was finally over an injury that I encurred in November of 2014 but it was not to be so. 

Race day morning I got up around 6 am and did all the things you do to get ready for the race and got out the door to jump on the "T" and make my way to the Commons where you load the bus. As I got to the commons the volunteers were hard at it getting runners mated up with busses and on down the road to Hopkinton. They were really being efficient.

I loaded up and quickly found a seat next to a  young guy from Canada who told me that Boston was his second marathon ever! The first question out of his mouth was, do you have any suggestion on how to run Boston? I wanted to tell him that because of the rain and 20 mph winds it would probably be better to just go back to his room and watch the race on TV. But I didn't, I just gave him my best game plan to run a smart race at Boston considering the weather conditions.

After a short stay in the Athlets Village and meeting bunches of new people from all over the world the announcer called out my wave (3) and corral (7) to report to start stagging area. It was about 41 degrees, raining and the wind was whipping around. I finally got to my corral where I got in some last minute stretching and went over my running plan silently in my head. 

I wanted to start the race a bit slow and hold it out to about 5 miles or so. So then I was off to the races with about 7 thousand of my closest friends from old corral #7 and the rest of wave 3 and 6 other corrals. The start was pretty normal and I was feeling pretty good about the whole situation. 

The rain had really started in earnest and the winds were in my face with gusts up around 20 mph. I settled into about an 8:30 minute per mile pace which was quite comfortable. This was all going well.

I did managet to see my "peeps" at the biker bar on the left side of the road where I took a small cup of beer..... As I continued down the road my left leg started to bother me slightly with Quad and Hammie pain. I continued to run down thhe road hoping it would just be a phantom pain and go away....much to my shugrin it didn't go away and continued to increase in pain. I decided at about mile 6 that I would not be able to met my pace requirements and do a BQ at Boston this year. I in turn told myself that today was going to be a fun run and I would get myself down the road having as much fun as I could getting my self to the finish line. And so I did.

I took time to talk to other runners, encourage others do their best and reach out to the crowds for vocal support myself and others. I think I heard my "monicker", TOM SLICK, called out with best wishes about 10,000 times during the race. Dam that was nice.

Well I didn't set any new records except to mark my PW for a Boston Marathon and overall slowest marathon....But I finished and got the medal and t-shirt.

I started with bib #22051 and ended up 24488 overall at the finish. That gave me an 11:oX minute per mile pace and a lot of time to enjoy the wind and rain and about 26000 felow Boston Marathon runners. I finished with a 4:51:12.

It was a fine day and I can't wait to get back there in 2016. 

tyi....

 

 

 

 

 

AI2.3 Miles: 26.20
Comments
From rAtTLeTrAp on Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 17:34:18 from 98.203.229.149

That's all you got?! Shortest race report ever.

From SlowJoe on Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 20:04:57 from 104.51.208.13

What a ripoff! Details...the weather was crazy -- how did it go??

From Hillbilly Runner on Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 11:17:25 from 208.87.234.180

Sorry things didn't workout the way you had planned but you've got another one in the books. You survived to run another day is all that matters. Rest up and Heal up my friend!!!!

From SlowJoe on Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 11:24:42 from 12.182.148.249

Hey, good report Tom. I know you'll be back, it was just a brutal day. Kinda neat to just sit back and enjoy the run though.

From rAtTLeTrAp on Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 11:41:03 from 66.249.84.151

Glad to see you finished and made the best of it. I was worried for a bit; I didn't get any text updates for you until you passed 35k, then they all came at once.

From Rhett on Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 12:00:20 from 24.121.0.8

Is sounds like you made the best of a tough day. Good job.

From Derunzo on Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 14:20:11 from 173.9.52.242

It was a tough day out there. Way to enjoy the best of a bad situation!

From Tom Slick on Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 13:14:02 from 168.179.158.193

RtRP- tHATS BECAUSE i TOOK THE SUBWAY FROM THE START TO THE 35K CHIP MATS. (-:

From rAtTLeTrAp on Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 13:15:39 from 208.54.32.247

LOL

From allie on Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 18:41:16 from 24.99.46.55

rolling in late, but...

congrats on your 12th boston, tom slick.

From I Just Run on Wed, May 13, 2015 at 08:21:33 from 108.178.73.170

12th Boston...that's amazing! Hope I can join you on your 13th, 14th or 15th.

I was just wondering how this Boston weather compared to all the others, was it the worst?

From rAtTLeTrAp on Wed, May 13, 2015 at 08:31:10 from 172.56.33.170

2012 was the worst.

From Rhett on Wed, May 13, 2015 at 10:01:10 from 24.121.0.8

My vote for the worst would be 2007 when they almost cancelled the race because of the 100 year winter storm.

2008 was hot though and that was no picnic. 2011 was the best, but that year I was injured and walk jogged so I didn't get to take advantage of the only year of the 5 that I ran it with a tail wind. All the other years it was a head wind.

From Hillbilly Runner on Wed, May 13, 2015 at 11:35:43 from 173.191.121.34

I'm with Rattletrap the Heat of 2012 was the worst weather day!!!!

From rAtTLeTrAp on Wed, May 13, 2015 at 11:39:52 from 72.160.68.174

I heard it was hotter only once many years ago, but I wasn't there so I'm not counting that one :)

From Tom Slick on Wed, May 13, 2015 at 14:41:37 from 168.179.158.193

IJR - this years race was fairly miserable but to me there have been worse years. My first Boston in 2000 was the worst cold year for me, it seemed that it was colder and the wind were stronger and in your face the entire race.It was really a torture run, but no matter how cold it was, I'd rather run on a cold day in Boston than a hot day. The Boston on a hot day is worse than anything I can imagine. High heat and high humidity are nothing but a bad combo for running at Boston. I will agree that 2012 was the hottest year for me too. But this is all par for the course at Boston, you never know what the weather is going to be until you toe the mark at the starting line....then it's what you see is what you get. IJR, I'm hoping that I can get my BQ at the Big Cottonwood Marathon in Sept so I can return to Boston in 2016......

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