Results/Photos

Date: Feb. 1, 2026 Participant: Chulgi Yeom #20294 Race: 2026 Surf City Marathon Distance: 26.2 miles

Consistent Performance with a Late Surge Chulgi Yeom delivered a solid race with a total completion time of 3:22:27, maintaining an overall pace of 7:43 min/mile over the entire course. Notably, Chulgi excelled towards the end, progressively gaining positions, as evidenced by his placement in the top 100 by mile 26. This late push in pace demonstrated energy conservation and strategic pacing throughout the race. Analyzing the splits, Chulgi ran consistently around the 7:41 to 7:43 min/mile mark for most of the race, improving towards the end to a commendable 7:22 min/mile by mile 16, which helped advance his position from 200th to 96th overall by the end. Achieving 13th in the division by the final mile, he showed a strategic consistency overall. For future races, focusing on maintaining this accelerated pace in the middle segments could further enhance performance and result in even better placements.