Date: September 13, 2025 Participant: Ginger Nay #4932 Race: 2025 REVEL Big Cottonwood Half Marathon Distance: 13.1 miles

Consistent Pacing and Remarkable Improvement in Latter Stages Ginger Nay maintained a highly consistent and improving pace throughout the 2025 REVEL Big Cottonwood Half Marathon, culminating in an overall time of 1:51:34 with an elapsed pace of 8:31 min/mile. Notably, Nay achieved a strong pace improvement from 9:32 min/mile in the first mile to sub-9-minute mile paces thereafter, peaking at an impressive 7:50 min/mile by mile 5. This gradual improvement also led to consistent placement enhancements, moving from 1560th overall in the first split to reaching 1024th by the end of the race, which reflects strategic pacing choices. Analyzing the final positions, Ginger was 26th in her division F50-54 out of 3972 participants, reflecting competitive standing within her brackets. Her ability to improve positioning significantly by setting consistent, faster paces from mile 4 onward is a testament to her endurance and pacing strategy. Aiming for further improvements in the early splits might yield even better results in upcoming races.