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Date: Sept. 27, 2026 Participant: Jana Coop #12174 Race: 2026 Boulderthon Marathon Distance: 26.2 miles

Fast Early Miles Give Way to a Tough Final 10K Jana Coop finished the 2026 Boulderthon Marathon in 4:06:53, holding a steady 8:309:20 pace per mile through the first 20 miles before the effort caught up with her over the closing stretch, where miles 2124 slipped into the 10:1611:34 range before she rallied to close out the final two miles near 9:1310:50 pace. Her strongest full-mile stretch came from mile 5 to mile 8, where she clicked off consecutive splits of 8:30, 8:34, 8:43, and 8:40 the fastest sustained running of her race. That surge came as the course pushed toward Boulder Reservoir and the county backroads, well before the lululemon Power-Up Zone near mile 22.5, where her pace had already begun to soften. She finished on the Pearl Street Mall in downtown Boulder, a city sitting above 5,000 feet of elevation.