The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lucie Bourne took 2nd of 158 in the 30–34 age group at Manchester 2026, in 1:07:06.
The wall balls were where this race was made, 3:02 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:21 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 3:29, was faster than 99% of the field.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 1:18 more than the average race this season, going by 795 athletes who raced both. An improvement of 0:22 on Toronto 2024.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:37Running 1 3:08v median −1:04
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Block 02 6:25Running 2 4:27v median −1:29
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Block 03 8:19Running 3 4:50v median −1:26
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Block 04 9:28Running 4 4:50v median −1:28
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Block 05 9:45Running 5 4:52v median −1:36
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Block 06 6:21Running 6 4:45v median −1:38
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Block 07 8:20Running 7 4:47v median −1:27
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Block 08 7:28Running 8 3:52v median −1:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:29
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 807
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 807 women who finished.