The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joanne Barnes & Gillian Davies finished 163rd of 237 women's teams in the Doubles Pro division at Manchester 2026, in 1:23:45.
The runs carried this race: faster than 44% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 19% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:37 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:57 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 170 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:03Running 1 4:17v median +0:24
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Block 02 8:06Running 2 5:39v median +0:12
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Block 03 10:55Running 3 5:52v median +0:08
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Block 04 9:43Running 4 5:48v median +0:00
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Block 05 11:09Running 5 5:50v median −0:04
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Block 06 8:13Running 6 6:01v median +0:07
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Block 07 11:52Running 7 6:01v median +0:05
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Block 08 10:12Running 8 5:30v median +0:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:38
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 237
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 237 women's teams who finished.