Date: September 13, 2025 Participant: Ridge Perkins #5135 Race: 2025 REVEL Big Cottonwood Half Marathon Distance: 13.1 miles

Progressive Splits and Consistent Effort Ridge Perkins participated in the 2025 REVEL Big Cottonwood Half Marathon representing the HairLab+ team. His final time was 3:24:59, with an average pace of 15:38 min/mile. Among 3972 participants, Ridge placed 3528th overall, 1300th in his gender category, and 271st in the M25-29 division. Ridge displayed consistency throughout the race, shown by maintaining a pace close to his average pace for most of the splits, with slight fluctuations. Analyzing Ridge's splits reveals that his fastest segment was the 13th mile, clocking in at 15:04 min/mile. The slowest mile occurred from mile 5 to 6 with a 17:13 min/mile. Notably, Ridge was able to improve his position after the first few splits. Moving forward, Ridge might consider focusing on maintaining an even pace during the mid-segment to reduce slowdown. Continued emphasis on pacing strategies could yield further improvements in future races.