Date: Oct. 5, 2025 Participant: Zoe Woodey #18605 Race: 2025 Portland Marathon Distance: 26.2 miles

Impressive Steady Pace with a Strong Finish Zoe Woodey, representing Fleet Feet Tacoma, maintained a consistent pace throughout her marathon, achieving an overall time of 4:12:27 with an average pace of 9:38 min/mile over the 26.2-mile course. Her race began with a 9:50 min/mile pace, equating to a split time of 9:50 for the first mile. Notably, Zoe experienced her fastest split during the final mile at 8:41 min/mile, indicating a strong finish despite the race's length. Zoe’s performance curve showed steady pacing improvement between miles 9 and 10, achieving sub-9:00 min/mile splits. From a strategic standpoint, Zoe maintained her competitive edge, managing to improve from 724th place overall after the first mile to finishing 1269th out of 3445 participants. Precision in split pacing around the 9:30 min/mile mark contributed to a consistent and commendable finish in her division, ranking 41st among her age group, F19-24. Continuation of maintaining consistency paired with slight pace increases in key segments could further enhance her marathon performance.