NB30-34 Half Marathon: Kimm Dominates Wire to Wire

• Robbie Kimm won the NB30-34 race in 1:41:27 (7:44/mi), holding the lead from start to finish and posting the fastest women's split on the 2M→4M segment.
• Amanda Louis claimed 2nd in 2:02:28, finishing 21 minutes behind Kimm but a comfortable 18 minutes clear of 3rd place.
• Will Ireland crossed 3rd in 2:20:27 — five minutes slower than his 2:15:20 here in 2024, when he finished 9th among the women.
• Seven finishers completed the NB30-34 race, with a spread of over 1 hour 41 minutes from first to last.

Robbie Kimm, 34, from Mountain View, ran the NB30-34 race exactly as a dominant performance looks: she held the lead at every single checkpoint, never relinquishing the top spot from the opening miles to the finish line. Her 7:44/mi average was the engine behind a 1:41:27 finish, and she underlined it with the fastest women's split on the 2M→4M stretch — a stretch that set the tone early and left no doubt about who owned this race.

Amanda Louis made the trip from Cork count, running a steady 9:21/mi to land 2nd in 2:02:28. Her position, too, was a model of consistency — she held 4th among the women at every single checkpoint, never moving up or slipping back. She also posted the 3rd-fastest women's split on the 4M→6M segment, a sign she had real pace in the middle miles even if the gap to Kimm was simply too large to bridge.

Will Ireland, 34, from DeKalb, IL, took 3rd in 2:20:27 — but this finish comes with context. He ran 2:15:20 here in 2024, so this edition was five minutes slower, a notable step back. He did show some life in the back half, recording the 3rd-fastest women's split on the 8M→9.6M segment, and he moved around in the field throughout, but couldn't recapture his prior form.

Erin Wong (4th, 2:24:56) and Corinne Newbegin (5th, 2:39:14) rounded out the top five, with Newbegin posting the 13th-fastest women's split on the closing 12M→Finish stretch. Cody Grey (6th, 3:06:43) and Mary Nguyen (7th, 3:23:04) completed the seven-finisher field on a breezy 59°F morning along the San Francisco waterfront.