Date: Sept. 28, 2025 Participant: Elizabeth Babos #43021 Race: 2025 Boulderthon 5K Distance: 3.1 miles Weather: Perfect running weather with temperatures in the 50's to 70's and nice cloud cover

Consistent Effort with Notable Division Placement Elizabeth's performance at the 2025 Boulderthon 5K showcased a consistent pace across splits and a commendable finish in her division. Starting strong, her first mile split was 10:13 min/mile, concluding at the 515th place overall and 5th in her F60-64 division. Notably, she maintained a steady increase, moving her pace to 10:00 min/mile by the second split, with a slight overall position drop to 549. Elizabeth finished the race with an overall time of 32:22, achieving an average pace of 10:26 min/mile. While she secured the 6th position in her age division out of 1972 total participants, she demonstrated steady pacing with minimal variation, suggesting an area for focused tempo work on the final mile to sustain earlier splits. Maintaining this consistency could be beneficial in future races to achieve even stronger finishes.