Date: Sept. 28, 2025 Participant: Charles Grau #21606 Race: 2025 Boulderthon Half Marathon Distance: 13.1 miles Weather: Perfect running weather with temperatures in the 50's to 70's and nice cloud cover

Consistency and Determination Shine Through Charles Grau completed the 2025 Boulderthon half marathon with an overall time of 2:45:47, maintaining a steady average pace of 12:39 min/mile. Notably, he demonstrated a significant speed boost during mile 9, clocking in at a 10:07 min/mile pace, which was one of his fastest segments. This effort moved him up in the rankings to 4663 overall and 332nd in his division. The race finished with him placing 4617th overall out of 6546 participants, placing 2115th among male competitors. Charles showed strong consistency with split times mostly hovering around the 12-13 minute range. While mile 2 was the slowest at 16:59 min/mile, he managed to improve significantly in subsequent miles, maintaining a pace around 12:30 min/mile. It may be beneficial to focus on maintaining speed in the latter stages of the race for future endeavors. Keep building on this solid foundation, and consider incorporating some speedwork and longer tempo runs to enhance late-race endurance.