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Date: Sept. 27, 2026 Participant: Rohan Thapa #31914 Race: 2026 Boulderthon 10K Distance: 6.2 miles

Steady Legs Close Strong Over Final Miles of the 10K Rohan Thapa finished the 2026 Boulderthon 10K in 1:37:34. His race took shape unevenly through the middle miles, with the third mile slowing well off his opening pace, before he settled back in and covered miles four and five in a combined 22:05. That stretch from mile 3 to mile 5, at roughly 11:03 per mile, stands as the strongest two-mile section of his race. Boulder sits at over 5,000 feet of elevation, a backdrop for any effort on this course. Thapa's finish came on a course that, like the rest of Boulderthon's distances, ends on the Pearl Street Mall in downtown Boulder. His pacing pattern a slower middle mile followed by a rebound suggests he has room to work on smoothing out the middle stretch of a 10K in future efforts, though the recovery itself was a solid piece of racing.