Another last minute fill in as the 1:35 pacer at Mt. Nebo. I hesitated to volunteer because my fitness has dropped so much but knew how fast this course was and knew I would be fine. The race director requested that the pacers be on the first bus at 5:00 a.m. and I didn't want to make Becky leave that early so I ran from the hotel to the bus pickup for a 1.9 mile warmup. Pretty cold at the starting area which is always a good indication that we would have perfect racing temps. Was pretty much on target until mile 4 when I noticed the mile marker was coming early according to my Garmin. I remembered from last year that the course measured short. I was 28 seconds ahead according to the mile markers but right on according to my Garmin. Tried to give a few seconds back each mile. Walked all of the aid stations to get closer to goal time. Was 10-15 seconds ahead going into the last mile and tried to get as close as I could at the finish. Ended up 6 seconds early which is close enough for me. Ran alone most of the time as 1:35 is an odd time and this isn't really a big race. Did have a few people mention that they used me as a target which is probably the biggest job as a pacer. Becky ran 1:33 which was close to what she ran last year. She is really rubbing it in that she beat me today.
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