The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:42:49 at Cape Town 2026 put Ludmilla Ford & Kim Smith 562nd of 798 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 2:07 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:35 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:26Running 1 5:20v median +0:20
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Block 02 9:02Running 2 7:21v median +0:41
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Block 03 12:11Running 3 7:29v median +0:32
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Block 04 14:15Running 4 7:29v median +0:31
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Block 05 14:20Running 5 7:55v median +0:52
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Block 06 10:17Running 6 7:42v median +0:43
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Block 07 12:57Running 7 7:54v median +0:52
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Block 08 13:58Running 8 8:23v median +1:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:30
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.