Date: March 28, 2026 Participant: Suzanne Young #4007 Race: 2026 REVEL Mt Charleston Marathon Distance: 26.2 miles Weather: Unseasonably warm. Nice running temperatures at the start.

Steady Splits with a Slight Fade Suzanne Young ran a marathon with consistent pacing in the early miles. Her first split was 10:12, and she rapidly improved to sub-9-minute miles, peaking with splits of 8:31 and 8:35 between miles 2 and 4. This impressive early pacing placed her 22nd in her division by mile four. However, her pace gradually slowed in the latter stages, with splits exceeding 11 minutes by mile 22 and finishing at 10:14 min/mile. She finished with an overall time of 4:28:20, in 735th place globally among 1398 participants, and 31st in the F50-54 division. Suzanne showed remarkable endurance but experienced a slowdown from her previous race's pace of 9:19 min/mile, highlighting a potential area for strategic pacing improvement in the latter half of future races. Keep leveraging your early speed while exploring strategies to maintain pace consistency in the later miles.