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Date: Oct. 26, 2025 Participant: Cary Smith #4730 Race: 2025 Las Vegas Half Marathon Distance: 13.1 miles

Consistent Effort with Room for Strategic Optimizations in Pace Cary Smith completed the 2025 Las Vegas Marathon Half Marathon in 2:22:12, maintaining an overall pace of 10:51 min/mile. Notably, she showed strong performance consistency, starting with a 10:02 min/mile pace during the initial mile and maintaining tight pacing through the early stages, with mile 3 marked at 9:40 min/mile, her fastest split. This demonstrates a potential target area for further speed training as this pace dropped in later splits. Cary placed 17th in her division (F50-54) out of 22 and improved significantly in the second half of the race from 20th position at midpoint to finishing with a notable gain. Her steady increases in placement reflect good endurance. Focus on strategies to maintain speed could help bridge the gap in latter miles as the average pace gradually increased in the final miles, notably from 10:33 to 10:51 min/mile. This would help consolidate early gains for a stronger finish.