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Date: Sept. 27, 2026 Participant: Virginia Carrion #20222 Race: 2026 Boulderthon Half Marathon Distance: 13.1 miles

Strong Closing Miles Power a Season-Best Half Virginia Carrion finished in 1:40:02, placing 360th overall and 73rd among women in a field of 7,223. That result marks an improvement over her 2025 Boulderthon half marathon, where she ran 1:43:04, shaving 3:02 off her time this year. Her pacing held remarkably steady through the middle miles, hovering between 7:36 and 7:55 per mile from mile 4 through mile 9. She then closed with her fastest two-mile stretch of the race, covering miles 12 and 13 at a combined 7:12 pace, including a 7:06 final mile. That finish carried her onto the Pearl Street Mall in downtown Boulder, on a 2026 half marathon course redesigned to cut net elevation gain nearly 50%, from 384 to 203 feet a notable context given Boulder's elevation above 5,000 feet.