The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:21:32 at Manchester 2026 put Isobel Palmer 247th of 263 women in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 7:25 behind the median. A harder second half: 15:28 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 1:18 more than the average race this season, going by 795 athletes who raced both. 7:49 slower than at London Excel 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:47Running 1 5:08v median +0:53
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Block 02 11:37Running 2 7:17v median +1:21
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Block 03 15:54Running 3 7:31v median +1:09
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Block 04 21:10Running 4 8:01v median +1:38
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Block 05 15:08Running 5 8:32v median +2:04
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Block 06 13:31Running 6 9:08v median +2:47
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Block 07 22:19Running 7 9:28v median +3:07
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Block 08 22:55Running 8 8:52v median +3:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:19
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 260
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 260 women who finished.