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Date: Sept. 27, 2026 Participant: Henry Hill #12689 Race: 2026 Boulderthon Marathon Distance: 26.2 miles

Steady Pacing Through 20 Miles Fuels Top-20 Marathon Finish Henry Hill crossed the line in 3:04:05, good for 16th overall and 13th among men in a field of 3,305, with a second-place finish in the men's 30-34 division. He built his race on remarkably even pacing, holding between 6:48 and 6:58 per mile from start through the halfway point and beyond, cresting mile 20 still under 6:53 elapsed pace. His strongest stretch came from mile 8 to mile 12, where he covered four miles in 26:56 a 6:44 average pushing steadily up the field standings during that segment before the final miles cost him some ground. The closing miles reflected a natural late-race fade, with per-mile splits sliding into the 7:30-7:40 range around mile 22, near where the course's lululemon Power-Up Zone sits at roughly that point. That softening arrived on a 2026 marathon layout trimmed to 603 feet of net elevation gain, down from 982 feet in prior years a reworked course Hill navigated to a strong overall placement in downtown Boulder.