Date: Oct. 5, 2025 Participant: Chinmaye Arun #21032 Race: 2025 Portland 10K MindRX Group Distance: 6.2 miles

Consistent Progress with Improved Splits Chinmaye Arun from Portland, OR, finished the 2025 Portland Marathon's 10K MindRX Group event with a time of 1:32:42, showing a significant improvement from her previous 10K at the 2024 Portland Marathon, where she clocked in at 1:40:38. This translates to a pace improvement from 16:13 min/mile last year to an average of 14:57 min/mile this year. Her consistent pacing throughout most of the race is noteworthy, particularly maintaining a near-even pace for the first two miles at 14:41 min/mile. Chinmaye's performance was marked by fluctuations in her overall and gender placements. She showed improvement midway, climbing to 857th overall by mile 4, before slightly dropping by the finish. This could be an opportunity to work on maintaining speed in the latter stages of the race. Steady improvement is evident, and her commitment to training with the StepUpSquad is yielding tangible results.