Date: September 13, 2025 Participant: Tori Velasquez #2613 Race: 2025 REVEL Big Cottonwood Half Marathon Distance: 13.1 miles

Consistent Pace with Potential for Growth Tori maintained a remarkably consistent performance throughout the 2025 REVEL Big Cottonwood Half Marathon, finishing with a total time of 1:41:15 at an overall pace of 7:43 minutes per mile. Her pacing strategy was steady, as evidenced by her splits, which stayed mostly within the 7:30 to 7:50 range for the majority of the race, with a slight decrease in speed in the final two miles. She finished 447th overall out of 3,972 participants and 156th among female runners. Tori's performance in the F25-29 division was competitive, placing 31st. Her strong start with an average sub-8-minute pace for the first five miles set a solid foundation. Notably, her fastest split was a 7:24 mile at the fifth mile mark, showing potential for speed. It might be beneficial to explore strategies to maintain this speed longer into the race to improve future standings in her division and gender category.