The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:05:40 at London Olympia 2026 put Gemma Gove 455th of 493 women in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 38% of the field across all eight, against 4% on the runs. A harder second half: 10:36 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 11:02, behind 95% of the field.
London Olympia gave the field time back: about 1:28 faster than the average race this season, by 1,083 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:09Running 1 6:49v median +1:22
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Block 02 9:44Running 2 6:38v median +1:20
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Block 03 12:32Running 3 7:07v median +1:39
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Block 04 16:31Running 4 7:57v median +2:27
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Block 05 18:53Running 5 13:08v median +7:26
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Block 06 12:02Running 6 9:25v median +3:53
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Block 07 13:59Running 7 8:41v median +3:12
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Block 08 18:56Running 8 13:03v median +5:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:02
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 489
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 489 women who finished.