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Date: May 24, 2026 Participant: Dominique Manzione #1179 Race: 2026 Vermont City Marathon Distance: 26.2 miles

Consistent Mid-Race Performance with Varied Pacing Dominique Manzione competed in the 2026 M&T Bank Vermont City Marathon, completing the race in 5:02:20, covering 26.2 miles. Her pacing demonstrated a blend of consistency and variability, with notable strengths in the first half of the race. Noteworthy mile pace improvements occurred between miles 5 and 9, where she averaged times close to 11 minutes per mile, reaching a swift 10:30 during mile 12. Later stages showed some fluctuation, with mile 21 marking the slowest split at 13:10. Despite this, her overall pace was a steady 11:32 min/mile. Dominique secured 41st place in the F35-39 division out of 1834 total participants. Encouragingly, she held an optimal pace for the first two-thirds of the marathon, suggesting potential to work on endurance in the final miles, particularly focusing on gradual pace increments to counteract late-race fatigue.