Date: Oct. 5, 2025 Participant: Albina Kokhanevich #21752 Race: 2025 Portland 10K MindRX Group Distance: 6.2 miles

Consistent Pacing with Significant Improvement in the Second Half Albina maintained a consistent start, with her first 3-mile splits ranging from 11:44 to 11:51 minutes per mile. Notably, she improved her pacing significantly in the second half of the race, dropping to a 10:29 pace during miles 4 and 5. This improvement marked a noticeable uptick in her performance, contributing to an overall average race pace of 11:10 minutes per mile. Albina concluded the 10K with an official time of 1:09:16, placing 38th in her division F19-24 out of 87 participants. A possible focus for future races could be maintaining or even further improving this accelerated pace from the mid to latter stages of the race. Additionally, maintaining consistent efforts like these can also help improve overall placing in gender and category divisions, where she finished 384th and 827th, respectively, out of 2114 total participants.