Date: Sept. 28, 2025 Participant: Melanie Rylander #11751 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 Effort with Notable Division Placement Melanie Rylander's performance at the 2025 Boulderthon marathon showcased steady pacing and several strong placements within her division. Her overall elapsed time was 4:29:07, maintaining an average pace of 10:16 min/mile across the 26.2-mile course. Impressively, she placed 13th in the F40-44 division out of many participants. The first few miles showed consistent pacing at 9:25 min/mile, with slight fluctuations as the race progressed. Key mile splits were the 5th mile, completed in 6:00, and the 18th mile, where she regained consistency with a split pace of 9:55 min/mile. There was a notable improvement in placement at various points, especially moving up from 257th place in the overall standings to 925th by the race finish. Focusing on maintaining consistent intermediate efforts over the latter parts of races might help maintain early race momentum in future events.