The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:34:55 at Cape Town 2026 put Liesle Botha & Cheye Strydom 437th of 798 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:53 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:21 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Cape Town cost the whole field time: about 5:59 more than the average race this season, going by 469 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:17Running 1 5:25v median +0:25
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Block 02 8:31Running 2 7:03v median +0:23
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Block 03 12:01Running 3 7:32v median +0:35
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Block 04 11:34Running 4 7:04v median +0:06
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Block 05 12:28Running 5 7:10v median +0:07
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Block 06 9:33Running 6 7:24v median +0:25
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Block 07 12:03Running 7 7:08v median +0:06
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Block 08 12:17Running 8 7:45v median +0:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:20
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 774
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 774 women's teams who finished.