The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ian Sinclair took 3rd of 15 in the 45–49 age group at Ottawa 2026, in 1:39:36.
The stations carried this race: faster than 58% of the field across all eight, against 24% on the runs. The sled push was where this race was made, 1:11 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 4:39 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Ottawa cost the whole field time: about 1:08 more than the average race this season, going by 690 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:28Running 1 6:14v median +1:16
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Block 02 8:25Running 2 6:17v median +1:03
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Block 03 11:16Running 3 6:37v median +0:55
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Block 04 11:49Running 4 6:34v median +0:56
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Block 05 11:20Running 5 6:47v median +1:00
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Block 06 9:01Running 6 6:42v median +1:00
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Block 07 13:33Running 7 6:56v median +1:20
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Block 08 16:50Running 8 7:40v median +1:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:01
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 280
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 280 men who finished.