F25-29: Zimmermann dominates a deep 614-woman field

• Leandra Zimmermann, 2:45:14 — wire-to-wire women's leader, posting the fastest women's split on the 2M→4M segment at a 6:18/mi average.
• Camille Moore (2:58:45) and Chihiro Miya (2:59:29) — separated by just 44 seconds at the line after Miya climbed from 7th to 5th among women through the middle miles.
• Yiqing Lu moved from 12th among women at the first checkpoint all the way to 6th by the finish, crossing in 3:03:52.
• Mackinly Kifer (3:07:26, 5th) arrived in San Francisco fresh off a 2nd-place women's finish in Saturday's 5K — a genuine double worth noting in any weekend's racing résumé.

Leandra Zimmermann was never seriously threatened. She held the top women's spot from the opening miles through the tape, running a 6:18/mi average to finish in 2:45:14 — a margin of more than 13 minutes over the runner-up. Her fastest women's split on the 2M→4M stretch signaled early that she was operating on a different level than the rest of the F25-29 field, and she never let up. Three years after Zimmermann won the women's race outright here in 2023 (2:45:59), she's back on top of the F25-29 standings with an even faster time — a compelling through-line across editions of this race.

Behind her, the real drama unfolded in the chase for second and third. Camille Moore was a model of consistency, holding 4th among women from start to finish and running the 2nd-fastest women's split on the 14M→16M stretch to clock 2:58:45. Chihiro Miya was more dynamic — sitting 7th among women early before moving up to 5th by mile 5 and holding that position home in 2:59:29, with the 3rd-fastest women's split on the 18M→20M segment underlining her strong second half. Moore held off Miya by 44 seconds, a comfortable cushion built on steadier early pacing.

Further back, Yiqing Lu put together one of the day's more impressive climbs, advancing from 12th among women at the opening checkpoint to 6th at the finish in 3:03:52 (7:01/mi). And Mackinly Kifer's 5th-place finish in 3:07:26 capped a remarkable weekend: she had already claimed 2nd among women in Saturday's 5K before lining up for 26.2 miles. Jenny Xu (6th, 3:13:38) returned to this race having finished 9th among women here in 2025 with a 3:03:44 — a noticeably slower day this time around, though still a top-10 F25-29 result in a field of 614.