The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Laura Burns took 3rd of 48 in the 25–29 age group at Manchester 2026, in 1:17:54.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 4:25 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:30 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 1:18 more than the average race this season, going by 795 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:17Running 1 3:22v median −0:53
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Block 02 6:53Running 2 4:47v median −1:08
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Block 03 10:40Running 3 5:15v median −1:06
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Block 04 7:57Running 4 5:31v median −0:54
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Block 05 10:55Running 5 5:30v median −1:02
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Block 06 7:56Running 6 5:20v median −1:04
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Block 07 9:32Running 7 5:29v median −0:52
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Block 08 8:29Running 8 4:34v median −0:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:23
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 265
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 265 women who finished.