Wasatch 100 pacer-- Incredible experience! 5500 of climb and 8000 feet of drop.
I paced Andrea Martinez (6th overall female) from Brighton
to Homestead. She got to the lodge at 2:27 AM (while waiting I ran into
several running friends...cool). Andrea was around 15th female at that
point with a predicated finish time around 30 hours...then, something
happened--it’s like she transformed into the Incredible Hulk! We finished
at 9 AM. She ran those 25 miles in 6 hours and 33 minutes for a total
time of exactly 28 hours! No other female ran this section faster (1st
girl=7:13, 2nd girl=7:32, 3rd girl=7:27, 4th girl=8:03, 5th girl=8:10).
To find someone running faster than 6:33 you had to look at the top male
runners. She was the easy person in the world to pace. Andrea was encouraging
and friendly to all the runners she was passing. Super experience! 24-hours next year!
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