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Date: Sept. 27, 2026 Participant: Danielle Tripp #12195 Race: 2026 Boulderthon Marathon Distance: 26.2 miles

Half-Hour Personal Breakthrough at Boulderthon Danielle Tripp ran 4:27:54 in the marathon, finishing 189th among women, a nearly 30-minute improvement from her 4:57:45 the previous year. Her early miles settled into a steady 10:10-10:20 pace, then she built momentum through the middle miles, dropping her cumulative pace under 10:00/mile by mile 18. A slower two-mile stretch near miles 19-20 briefly pushed her pace back up before she rallied with a 9:38 split at mile 21. Her strongest sustained running came from miles 14 through 18, where she covered five miles at roughly 9:48 per mile, the fastest extended stretch of her race. That surge carried her past the lululemon Power-Up Zone around mile 22.5 as her pace eased slightly through the closing miles, a common pattern given Boulder's elevation above 5,000 feet, before she finished strong on the Pearl Street Mall.