Date: Oct. 5, 2025 Participant: Adhya Sunil Gowda #20707 Race: 2025 Portland 10K MindRX Group Distance: 6.2 miles

Consistent Progress With Improving Paces Adhya Sunil Gowda demonstrated an impressive ability to improve her pace as she progressed through the 2025 Portland Marathon 10K event. Starting with a pace of 17:00 min/mile for the first mile, she consistently reduced this, achieving her best split of 15:19 min/mile in both the 4th and 5th miles. This reflects a commendable effort to maintain and slightly increase speed as the race continued. Her final time was 1:38:36, maintaining an average pace of 15:54 min/mile. Observing the overall and gender placement shifts, Adhya began in 679th place overall and ended in 1666th, with interim improvement by advancing to 949th place during the 4th and 5th kilometer markers. This reflects a significant stride in pacing strategy during the middle part of the race. To further enhance performance, focusing on consistency by sustaining speed in the early kilometers could further bolster her race results. Excellent effort, backed by quick learning and adaptive pacing.