Date: Oct. 5, 2025 Participant: Muffadal Mukadam #22763 Race: 2025 Portland 10K MindRX Group Distance: 6.2 miles

Strong Performance with Progressive Improvement Muffadal Mukadam delivered an impressively consistent run at the 2025 Portland Marathon's 10K MindRX Group event. Starting with a steady pace of 10:43 min/mile for the first two miles, Muffadal managed to maintain his position at 711th overall and 36th in his division (M45-49). By mile 3, Muffadal showed improvement with a 10:39 min/mile pace, which allowed him to advance significantly, moving to 613th overall and 30th in his division. As the race progressed, Muffadal continued to demonstrate a stronger performance, notably dropping his pace to 9:43 min/mile by mile 4 and further improving to 9:22 min/mile by mile 6. Completing the 10K with a final time of 1:02:49 and an overall pace of 10:08 min/mile, Muffadal finished 493rd overall out of 2114 participants and 24th in his division. To enhance future performances, focusing on initial pacing strategy and optimizing energy expenditure could prove beneficial.