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Date: Sept. 27, 2026 Participant: Benjamin Kolot #10916 Race: 2026 Boulderthon Marathon Distance: 26.2 miles

Strong Front Half Sets Up Solid Marathon Finish Benjamin Kolot completed the marathon in 3:58:43, averaging 9:06 per mile across the 26.2-mile course. He ran an even, well-controlled first half, reaching the 13-mile mark in 1:52:45 an 8:40-per-mile average after opening with an 8:26 first mile. The middle miles held steady in the 8:30s to 8:50s before the pace eased through the high teens and low 20s, dipping into the 9:30s and 10:50s around miles 2224. He answered that stretch with a strong close, dropping an 8:17 final mile to finish with momentum. Kolot's pacing through the first 13 miles stands out as the strongest stretch of his race, holding sub-8:45 mileage at altitude Boulder sits above 5,000 feet before the course's cumulative demands showed in the back half. The marathon finished, as it does each year, on the historic Pearl Street Mall in downtown Boulder.