Date: Oct. 5, 2025 Participant: Madisen Castro #21200 Race: 2025 Portland 10K MindRX Group Distance: 6.2 miles

Consistent and Resilient Performance Madisen Castro, representing Shishi girls, completed the 2025 Portland Marathon 10K MindRX Group event with a final time of 1:15:01, maintaining a steady overall pace of 12:06 min/mile. Madisen consistently improved her performance across the six-mile splits. Notably, she clocked her fastest mile at 10:33 in the final stretch, demonstrating strong resilience and strategic energy distribution. She placed 107th in her division (F25-29) out of 2114 total participants. Madisen's pacing strategy appeared solid, as evidenced by her ability to recover from a challenging third mile where her pace dropped to 14:33 min/mile but improved significantly in the subsequent splits. A focus on maintaining consistent pace in early miles could help capitalize on the strong finish. Keep leveraging that strong finish, and continue refining pacing strategies to tackle those middle segments more effectively. Your ability to improve in the latter stages is commendable.