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Date: Sept. 27, 2026 Participant: Roberto Gomez #13121 Race: 2026 Boulderthon Marathon Distance: 26.2 miles

Steady Through Halfway, Grinds Out a Tough Back Stretch Roberto Gomez covered the 2026 Boulderthon Marathon in 4:20:32. Through the first 18 miles he ran remarkably even splits, holding elapsed pace between 8:42 and 9:12 per mile, with miles 11-15 his strongest sustained stretch at roughly 8:35 per mile. The back half told a different story: from mile 19 onward his per-mile splits stretched from 10:14 up to 15:37 by mile 23, before settling back down over the final miles to close in 4:20:32. The marathon course runs out past Boulder Reservoir along county backroads before finishing on the Pearl Street Mall, all at over 5,000 feet of elevation. The lululemon Power-Up Zone near mile 22.5 arrived right as Gomez's pace loosened most, from 9:27 to 9:43 per mile across that stretch a section worth revisiting in training for next time.