The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Liza Macdonald finished 350th of 426 women in the Open division at Ottawa 2026, in 1:58:53.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:20 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:18 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 10:13 in the roxzone was slower than 91% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Ottawa gained about 1:24.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:19Running 1 7:32v median +1:41
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Block 02 10:40Running 2 7:16v median +1:18
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Block 03 13:48Running 3 7:12v median +0:57
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Block 04 15:40Running 4 7:14v median +0:56
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Block 05 13:06Running 5 7:15v median +0:50
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Block 06 9:56Running 6 7:24v median +1:03
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Block 07 13:59Running 7 7:13v median +0:53
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Block 08 18:21Running 8 9:10v median +2:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:13
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 424
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 424 women who finished.