PACING @ WASATCH 100 The plan was to pace Seth Hales from Brighton to the finish (Soldier Hollow). Seth was moving along well as I kept an eye on the live tracker but then received a text from him saying his race was over. Seth like many others had succumbed to the heat and pulled out at Big Mountain. Seth shot me text shortly after stating that a friend Robert Meuller had just arrived at Lambs in rough shape. I was glad to be needed again and headed for Mill D and the intercept around Dog Lake to catch him coming out of Millcreek if he were to continue. I headed up taking the split to Dog Lake and continued down until I ran into Rob about 2 miles out of Millcreek. We moved well through the night pushing through a variety of issues. I had all but lost hope for a sub 24 hour finish for him until something snapped inside his head just outside of Rock Springs--not 1 min after violently throwing up. He shot down the dive, dropping me in the process and pushed through next 12 miles and three aid stations without stopping, hitting 7-8 min miles. Rob came in at 23:24, top 10 finish. I've never seen anything like it. I ended up with a little over 41 miles/10 hours of running through the night. Incredible night. |