Kaua'i Half Marathon F30-34: Miura Dominates in Sub-95

• Rachel Miura (1st, 1:34:57) won the F30-34 group by a commanding 15:42 over runner-up Jill Soller, averaging 7:15/mi in 77°F humidity on Kauai's coast.
• Miura's middle stretch was elite: she posted the 4th-fastest women's split on the Half→11.05 Mile segment in the entire women's field, climbing from 8th to 5th among women during that stretch.
• Kimberley Garreau (4th, 1:56:49) was the day's biggest mover in the group, surging from 61st to 41st among women across the race — and her 33rd-fastest women's split on the 11.05 Mile→Finish was the sharpest closing kick of anyone in the top five.
• A tight cluster from 3rd through 7th: Elena Milmo (3rd, 1:55:44) through Emma Grunwald (6th, 1:58:25) were separated by just 2:41 across four finishers.

Rachel Miura made the F30-34 race her own from the start. The Laguna Hills runner was already 8th among women at the first checkpoint, and she kept climbing — reaching 5th among women by the finish at a relentless 7:15/mi average. With 77°F heat and 69% humidity pressing down on Poipu, that kind of sustained pace wasn't just an age-group win; it was a statement. Her 15:42 margin over second place was never seriously in doubt.

Behind her, Jill Soller — running on home turf in Hanapepe — held steady at 26th among women through most of the race before a slight fade to 28th late, finishing 2nd in the group at 1:50:39 (8:26/mi). Elena Milmo of Avon, CO crossed 3rd at 1:55:44, while Kimberley Garreau of Paris quietly had one of the more compelling races in the field. Starting conservatively at 61st among women, Garreau reeled in competitor after competitor, logging the 33rd-fastest women's closing split to land 4th at 1:56:49 — just 1:05 behind Milmo.

Morgan Murphey (5th, 1:57:19) and Emma Grunwald (6th, 1:58:25) rounded out the top six, with Grunwald — a local from Kapaa — finishing just 9 seconds ahead of Kaydee Ramirez (7th, 1:58:34). The battle for 8th through 10th was equally tight: Juliana Caffrey (1:59:21), Karina Reinhard (1:59:27), and Melyssa Peplowski (1:59:47) all finished within 26 seconds of each other, capping a fiercely competitive top ten across 130 finishers in the group.