Boulder's Nell Rojas, running in her first marathon, finished a strong 7th place in 2:31:23 at the 2018 California International Marathon in Sacramento on December 2nd. Rojas ran negative splits, starting at 5:55 per mile for the first 10K, gradually increasing her pace through the middle miles, and finishing in 5:47 pace for the final 10K. Her conservative early pace allowed her to improve from 12th place to 7th over the last 12K. With three miles to go, she found herself in