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Date: Sept. 27, 2025 Participant: Team Western Team 5 #446 Race: 2025 Elevation Everest Half Everest Distance: 22.0 miles Weather: Nice running temperatures. Gorgeous fall day with snow on the peaks and aspens glowing yellow.

Division Win, Top-5 Overall, Late-Race Surge 22.01 miles in 6:47:41 (18:31/mi). 1st in 5 Person Relay gender and division, 5th of 238 overall. Improved prior 5-person mark by 2:02:18 (8:49:59 to 6:47:41) and finished within 0:25 of the team’s best 3-person result (6:47:16). Average climb per lap 31:41. Fastest lap 28:35 (Lap 9); slowest 35:09 (Lap 4). Final two laps: 28:35 and 29:02. Opened by moving from 168 at the start to 2 by Mid A of Lap 1, then held top-5 positions throughout early splits. Gondola exit segments ranged 7:44-10:08; keeping these near the lower end can bank several minutes over 10 cycles. For pacing, target narrowing the mid-race drift on Laps 3-4 toward early and late lap levels.