Results/Photos

Date: April 13, 2025 Participant: Brady Butcher #1540 Race: 2025 M2B Marathon Distance: 26.2 miles Weather: Perfect running conditions. Cool, misty, low 50s.

Consistent Early Pace with a Challenging Finish Brady Butcher, hailing from Bakersfield, CA, showcased a strong performance at the 2025 Mountains 2 Beach Marathon. Maintaining a consistent pace between 6:22 and 6:29 min/mile through the first 16 miles, Brady demonstrated impressive endurance and structured pacing. Highlights include mile splits of 6:24 in the third mile and 6:10 in the twelfth mile, showing his ability to push for speed when needed. In the later stages, beginning around mile 22, Brady experienced a gradual pace decline, with the pace extending to 7:02 and culminating at 8:08 min/mile by mile 26. Overall, his time was 2:54:09, placing him 10th in the M20-24 division, quite impressive given the total of 2,277 participants. As an athlete with the Bakersfield Greyhounds, focusing on sustaining pace in the latter marathon phases could serve as an area of growth for even better future results.