The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Catherine Rae finished 116th of 146 women in the Pro division at Manchester 2026, in 1:42:25.
Legs and stations told different stories: 34% of the field beaten on the runs, 12% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 7:20. The race faded late: the second half went 13:33 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Manchester. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:49. 8:46 slower than at Warsaw 2025, the previous Pro race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:25Running 1 3:50v median +0:15
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Block 02 9:14Running 2 5:30v median +0:21
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Block 03 10:50Running 3 5:42v median +0:06
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Block 04 12:50Running 4 5:46v median +0:13
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Block 05 11:10Running 5 5:55v median +0:17
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Block 06 8:32Running 6 5:51v median +0:19
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Block 07 18:41Running 7 6:03v median +0:26
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Block 08 16:47Running 8 6:23v median +1:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:05
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 145
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 145 women who finished.