The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:40:08 at St. Gallen 2026 put Birte Overath 448th of 725 women in the Open division.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 2:00 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 6:45 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 11:00 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
St. Gallen cost the whole field time: about 2:51 more than the average race this season, going by 354 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:55Running 1 6:06v median +0:09
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Block 02 8:33Running 2 5:40v median −0:02
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Block 03 10:58Running 3 5:51v median −0:09
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Block 04 13:13Running 4 6:07v median +0:06
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Block 05 12:36Running 5 6:42v median +0:34
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Block 06 9:54Running 6 6:47v median +0:46
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Block 07 9:30Running 7 6:36v median +0:35
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Block 08 13:37Running 8 5:59v median +0:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:00
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 697
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 697 women who finished.