Date: Sept. 28, 2025 Participant: Alex Gutierrez #12424 Race: 2025 Boulderthon Marathon Distance: 26.2 miles Weather: Perfect running weather with temperatures in the 50's to 70's and nice cloud cover

Consistent Performance and Strong Division Finish Alex Gutierrez completed the 2025 Boulderthon marathon with a time of 3:59:57, maintaining an average pace of 9:09 min/mile. This placed Alex 9th in the M50-54 division, a commendable achievement given the field of 2678 participants. Key strengths included a remarkable mid-race recovery with a fast 5th mile at 5:13 min/mile, significantly boosting his overall position. Some fluctuations in pace were observed, especially during miles 4 and 9 where splits were the slowest at 12:36 and 13:10 min/mile, respectively. However, Alex demonstrated strong pacing from mile 12 onwards, consistently clocking splits near his average pace. Theres an opportunity to evaluate techniques to mitigate the slower sections and seek improvements in pacing consistency. His performance indicates solid endurance capability and suggests that targeted training could further improve competitive overall standings.