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Date: May 17, 2026 Participant: Ayush Patel #9548 Race: 2026 Bay to Breakers 12K Centipede Distance: 7.4 miles

Consistent Effort with a Strong Finish Ayush Patel, representing Mylapore Run Club, demonstrated an overall steady and improving performance in the 2026 Bay to Breakers 12K Centipede. The race began with splits of 11:02 for the first two miles. Notably, at mile 3, during the ascent of Hayes Hill, the split was 13:23, causing a slight drop in pace and a minor positional shift from 266 to 271 overall. Despite the challenge of Hayes Hill, Ayush impressively gained momentum, notably clocking negative splits in the latter part of the race. His splits from miles 4 to 7 improved steadily from 10:59 to an impressive 9:06. This consistent acceleration improved his overall place to 233 by mile 7. Ayush completed the race with a final time of 1:19:26, maintaining a solid pace of 10:39 min/mile. His placement was 288th overall out of 1839 participants, and he was 135th in the male category. Keep working on hill training to shave off additional seconds in future races!