(is WAS raining but that’s quite ridiculous).
Fresh pads, hard use and mud is just a bad combo to be fair.
The kevlars and race matrixes and probably some others do something a bit weird… some pads really need bedded in before they work, so you’ve got no choice. The kevlars and RMs make good power and feel straight away… But they really still need bedded in to last well. So it feels like you can just jump on and ride, but that ends up causing problems. I do the same break-in I’d do for anything else, even though they don’t feel like they need it, and I reckon it makes a big difference
(I didn’t bother one time recently, and burned a set of pads in 1 and a half wet days in wales. replaced with an identical set, they’ve done about 5 times more riding and don’t even look very worn)