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Date: May 24, 2026 Participant: Colleen Pokorney #2227 Race: 2026 Vermont City Marathon Distance: 26.2 miles

Strong Early Pace with Consistent Gains Colleen Pokorney completed the 2026 M&T Bank Vermont City Marathon with a steady pace. Her initial split was 10:56 min/mile for the first mile, then she increasingly improved her pace, peaking at 9:19 min/mile by mile 10. This positive development in pace culminated in an overall event pace of 10:41 min/mile. Encouragingly, she climbed steadily in placement, initially ranked 1040th overall at mile 1, but reached as high as 808th at mile 9. Towards the latter part of the race, a decrease in pace was observed, with splits stretching to over 12 minutes per mile between miles 19 and 21. Her overall time was 4:40:15, placing her 1069th out of 1834 total participants. Moving forward, examining strategies to maintain pace in the race's second half could be beneficial. The early consistent split times show exceptional promise for building endurance and finishing strong in future events.