The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:17:16 at Manchester 2026 put Mark Russell on the age-group podium: 3rd of 32 in the 55–59 age group.
Legs and stations told different stories: 87% of the field beaten on the runs, 39% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 2:46 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 3:53, was faster than 88% of the field.
This was a slow day in Manchester. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:21.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:23Running 1 2:59v median −0:35
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Block 02 6:54Running 2 4:10v median −0:54
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Block 03 8:50Running 3 4:22v median −1:04
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Block 04 12:41Running 4 6:30v median +1:03
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Block 05 9:08Running 5 4:28v median −1:08
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Block 06 6:04Running 6 4:22v median −1:08
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Block 07 10:38Running 7 4:19v median −1:09
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Block 08 11:50Running 8 3:36v median −1:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:53
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1445
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,445 men who finished.