The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marieta Rietkerk took 3rd of 10 in the 45–49 age group at Heerenveen 2026, in 1:29:54.
The stations carried this race: faster than 68% of the field across all eight, against 48% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 1:09 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:12 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Heerenveen ran fast: the 532 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:42 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:22Running 1 5:19v median +0:14
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Block 02 7:10Running 2 5:13v median −0:11
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Block 03 8:59Running 3 5:26v median −0:09
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Block 04 12:07Running 4 5:38v median −0:01
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Block 05 11:07Running 5 5:52v median +0:06
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Block 06 7:53Running 6 5:48v median +0:10
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Block 07 11:06Running 7 5:57v median +0:19
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Block 08 12:08Running 8 6:18v median +0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:10
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 203
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 203 women who finished.