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Date: Dec. 13, 2025 Participant: Jacob Chicas #3450 Race: 2025 Phoenix Marathon Distance: 26.2 miles

Consistent Performance with Strong Start and Maintained Pace Jacob Chicas from Albuquerque exhibited a consistent marathon performance at the 2025 Phoenix Marathon. With an overall elapsed time of 3:42:09 and an average pace of 8:28 min/mile, he positioned himself 471st overall among 2712 participants. Notably, his placement improved across multiple stages of the race, maintaining competitive ranks. His effort within his age division (M25-29) was commendable, consistently staying within the top 125. Chicas displayed an impressive mid-race surge, notably from miles 8 to 10 with split paces at or below 8:02 min/mile. Though there was a slight deceleration in the latter stages, particularly from mile 24 onwards where his pace slowed to 10:43 min/mile, this fluctuation in pace is a common aspect of marathon running and offers potential for strategic tweaking. His ability to recover and improve pace near the conclusion is encouraging, reflecting resilience and tenacity. Working on maintaining consistent splits throughout will further augment his performance.