The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:11:38 at Malaga 2026 put Natalia Pendas Franco on the age-group podium: 3rd of 22 in the 45–49 age group.
A station race more than a running one: 97% of the field beaten on the stations, against 76% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 4:35 on the median. The roxzone cost time: 8:55, behind 89% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Malaga gained about 2:21. That was 1:14 off the time at Bilbao 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:43Running 1 3:57v median −0:15
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Block 02 7:37Running 2 4:10v median −0:19
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Block 03 9:36Running 3 4:14v median −0:28
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Block 04 8:20Running 4 4:20v median −0:28
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Block 05 9:18Running 5 4:26v median −0:21
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Block 06 6:04Running 6 4:20v median −0:24
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Block 07 4:28Running 7 4:25v median −0:25
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Block 08 8:44Running 8 4:25v median −0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:55
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 144
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 144 women who finished.