The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Heather Pady took 2nd of 38 in the 50–54 age group at Ottawa 2026, in 1:21:03.
The runs carried this race: faster than 96% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 63% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 2:46 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:49, was faster than 92% 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 9:48Running 1 4:46v median −1:00
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Block 02 6:56Running 2 4:36v median −1:14
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Block 03 11:42Running 3 4:47v median −1:20
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Block 04 10:37Running 4 4:35v median −1:32
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Block 05 9:45Running 5 4:40v median −1:35
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Block 06 6:43Running 6 4:40v median −1:30
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Block 07 9:26Running 7 4:31v median −1:40
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Block 08 11:24Running 8 4:54v median −1:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:49
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 552
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 552 women who finished.