The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Susan Gough & Leah Gough finished 759th of 1,155 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:31:09.
The runs carried this race: faster than 51% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 14% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:10 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:51 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Manchester ran slow: the 1,073 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:56 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:43Running 1 4:52v median +0:22
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Block 02 8:16Running 2 6:26v median +0:13
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Block 03 10:37Running 3 6:20v median −0:09
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Block 04 11:02Running 4 6:29v median −0:04
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Block 05 11:47Running 5 6:26v median −0:14
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Block 06 8:59Running 6 6:39v median +0:02
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Block 07 12:30Running 7 6:33v median −0:04
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Block 08 11:25Running 8 5:24v median +0:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:56
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 1147
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,147 women's teams who finished.