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TallTom is Dallas Bound by mid-April
In order to avoid decrepitude and having to have our daughter come "rescue" us, and to watch the grand-kids grow up, Mary and Tom Bednarz are moving to Dallas, Texas to be near the kids.
The running routes here and all the runners that I have met will never be forgotten. So many friends I do not know where to start. 34 years of participating in ~850 races and 105 marathons is enough memories to last me a life time. But Dallas should add a few more.
So Thank You All for being my friends. I love you all.
TallTom aka Tom Bednarz
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Permalink Reply by Michael George on -
OMG! Say it ain't so! A charter member of Old and in the Way. Thank you for inspiring me for the 20 years I have known you. Your tallness will be muchly missed.
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Permalink Reply by Marcus Bailey on -
Take care!!!! I had fun talking to you during a number of the races and the advice that you shared. Some of your advice I have passed along to others regarding getting active. You are an inspiring person and encouraging as well! Enjoy the Big 'D'!!!!!
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Permalink Reply by Damien Howell on -
Tom you will be missed. I will remember you more for the time and efforts you spent volunteering and supporting the RRRC more than for your race efforts. Best of fortune and health in Tx.
Damien
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Permalink Reply by Jon Jester on -
Tom - You will be missed. I will never forget our trip to the Lower Potomac River Marathon in 2009. I am still not sure how so many of us fit into your car. Best of luck to you and Mary. When you are running in Dallas and it's 102 degrees at 9 a.m., comfort yourself in knowing that it's a dry heat.
Old and In The Way will not be the same with out you!
Jon
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Permalink Reply by Thomas M. Humphrey on -
No TallTom in Richmond races anymore? No, it can't be. Such a thing can't happen. We depend on seeing Tom at RRRC races just as we assume the sun will rise in the east every morning -- it's one of nature's constants. It's going to be monstrously hard to adjust to this one. The world won't be the same again.
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Permalink Reply by Anne Zielinski Brown on
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:( So sad! The Browns and the brown hounds will miss you!
Anne (Z) and Stephen Brown
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Permalink Reply by Old Guy on
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Great for you. Enjoy.......... big lost for RRRC...we will all miss you. My best Tall Tom story, you were behind me on the old mud loop at James River H.S. trail run, probably the Youngblood race. I heard a yell and a big thump, as you caught a root and fell. I said it sounded like a tree falling. Yelled back and you said you were fine........
Best to you and Mary
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Permalink Reply by Mike Levins on -
You'll still be coming back to help with the Marathon & Monument Ave 10K Expos, right? HA! Good luck to both Mary & you! We're the richer for having had you and the poorer for losing you.
BTW, does this mean someone will be tearing down your home and rebuilding on your lot?
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Permalink Reply by Ed Carmines on -
Good luck Tom. It was always great running with you. Truly a gentleman. If you are ever in the Phoenix area, look me up.
Ed
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Permalink Reply by Gary Hearn on -
Tom,
Sorry to see you go and the best of luck in TexAss, I will certainly miss your weather reports.
As for Ed....,
[VIDEO]http://youtu.be/qox4uMRcEd4[/VIDEO]
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Permalink Reply by steven lerner on
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Hi Tom,
I wish you and your family all the best on your move. Thanks for all your support to the RRRC over the years. My best memory of all the years knowing you will be a few years back waiting on line to get our bibs/packet for the NYCM and there amongst the crowd, I look up and see you. So no matter the size of the event you always "stood out". Be well and keep on the move!
Regards,
Steve Lerner
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Permalink Reply by Perry Como on -
Good luck Tom!! You are a running machine!
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