The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Belinda Ann Geldenhuys & Michell Groenewald finished 731st of 798 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 2:05:39.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:47 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:53 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 14:22Running 1 8:59v median +3:59
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Block 02 10:37Running 2 8:42v median +2:02
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Block 03 15:18Running 3 9:13v median +2:16
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Block 04 14:53Running 4 9:04v median +2:06
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Block 05 18:35Running 5 12:34v median +5:31
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Block 06 11:19Running 6 9:21v median +2:22
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Block 07 15:29Running 7 9:40v median +2:38
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Block 08 16:27Running 8 10:01v median +2:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:47
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.