The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sara Touchette-Mcgowan finished 298th of 424 women in the Open division at Bologna 2026, in 1:39:04.
Legs and stations told different stories: 47% of the field beaten on the runs, 22% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:38 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 8:23 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Bologna gave the field time back: about 2:51 faster than the average race this season, by 390 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:50Running 1 4:48v median −0:12
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Block 02 8:34Running 2 5:11v median +0:02
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Block 03 10:39Running 3 5:11v median −0:15
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Block 04 12:29Running 4 5:10v median −0:13
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Block 05 11:21Running 5 5:41v median +0:15
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Block 06 9:19Running 6 5:45v median +0:21
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Block 07 13:19Running 7 5:34v median +0:15
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Block 08 15:00Running 8 6:29v median +0:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:41
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 422
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 422 women who finished.