Date: November 8, 2025 Participant: Vincent Park #2245 Race: 2025 REVEL Big Bear Half Marathon Distance: 13.1 miles

Steady Pace with a Strong Finish Vincent Park completed the 2025 REVEL Big Bear Half Marathon with an impressive final time of 1:37:17, maintaining a consistent average pace of 7:25 min/mile. Key highlights include a remarkable negative split improvement in the second half of the race, particularly between miles 9 and 10, where he ascended to 136th place overall temporarily. Ultimately, Vincent finished 281st out of 1808 participants and placed 25th in his division (M50-54) which is a significant improvement from his previous year's placing of 125th in the same division. Throughout the race, Vincent showed excellent pacing discipline, beginning with a controlled 7:50 min/mile pace and progressively quickening. This strategy led to his fastest split in mile 7 with a time of 6:49 min/mile. There was a noticeable slowdown in mile 13, clocking in at 8:12 min/mile, which suggests room to work on maintaining speed in the final mile. Overall, Vincent's effort is commendable and shows great promise for future races.