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Date: Oct. 26, 2025 Participant: Gerardo Villacorta #3866 Race: 2025 UTHealth Houston Half Marathon Distance: 13.1 miles

Consistent Performance with a Slight Challenge Toward the End Gerardo Villacorta maintained a steady pace during the UTHealth Houston Half Marathon with notable consistency in his splits. His early mile splits were strong, ranging from 8:01 to 8:07 min/mile. Particularly at Mile 5, Gerardo clocked his fastest split at 7:58 min/mile. Through the first four miles, he experienced minimal variation, staying between 485th and 511th place in male rankings. This consistency demonstrates impressive conditioning and pacing strategy. Towards the later stages, an increase in split time was observed, with Mile 8 and Mile 10 splits stretching to 8:42 and 8:40 min/mile, respectively. Despite the slight slowdown, Gerardo maintained a commendable average pace of 8:19 min/mile for the entire half marathon. He crossed the finish line with an elapsed time of 1:49:03, placing 61st in his division. Focusing on maintaining earlier paces in future events could assist in sustaining a more even finish throughout the race duration.