Results/Photos

Date: Sept. 27, 2026 Participant: Emily Pierce #27755 Race: 2026 Boulderthon Half Marathon Distance: 13.1 miles

Fast Start Steadies Into a Strong Finish Emily Pierce finished the half marathon in 2:20:05, averaging 10:41 per mile. She opened with her quickest mile of the race, clocking 8:48 for the first mile, then eased steadily through the middle miles as her per-mile pace climbed into the 10-to-12-minute range by mile seven. The final two miles tightened back up to 10:47 and 11:12, giving her race a strong close. Her ninth mile, split in 11:39, carried her past the lululemon Power-Up Zone near mile 9.5 of the course before she pressed on toward the finish on the Pearl Street Mall in downtown Boulder, a city sitting above 5,000 feet of elevation.