Results/Photos

Date: May 17, 2026 Participant: Noreen Villaruel #40404 Race: 2026 Bay to Breakers 12K Centipede Distance: 7.4 miles

Consistent Effort and Strategic Pacing Shine Over the 12K Bay to Breakers race, Noreen Villaruel from Vallejo, CA demonstrated strategic pacing, finishing with an elapsed time of 1:52:07, covering 7.45 miles at an average pace of 15:03 min/mile. Notably, her early mile split was 13:32, showing a strong start. By mile 4, despite the challenging Hayes Hill section around miles 2.2 to 2.7, she maintained a commendable pace of 16:29. Her performance helped her move up consistently in the overall standings, improving her position from 716th at the beginning to 611th by mile 4. Noreen established great strides toward the end, with a faster split of 13:51 for the last mile, showing strong closing speed. Her end time placed her 423rd in her gender category out of the 1839 total participants. As part of the "Hella Baes Running" team, her overall performance indicates an effective racing strategy with room to focus on maintaining consistent speed across all splits in future races.