Results/Photos

Date: Sept. 27, 2026 Participant: Rachel Rankin #24670 Race: 2026 Boulderthon Half Marathon Distance: 13.1 miles

Strong Start, Steady Middle, and a Late Surge to the Finish Rachel Rankin covered the half marathon in 1:50:39, opening with a brisk 7:48 first mile and holding in the 8:098:26 range through mile seven. A dip to 9:58 at mile 11 briefly slowed her cumulative pace, but she answered with her fastest mile of the day, a 7:41 split for mile 12, pulling her overall pace back down to 8:26 min/mile by the finish. That rebound stood out as the sharpest stretch of her race. Rankin's mile-nine split of 8:19 came right around the point where the lululemon Power-Up Zone sits near mile 9.5 of the half course. Her steady effort through that stretch, at over 5,000 feet of Boulder altitude, set up the closing push that defined her finish.