The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rachel Palin took 3rd of 15 in the 50–54 age group at London Excel 2025, in 1:18:45.
The runs carried this race: faster than 80% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 58% on the stations. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 1:39 slower than the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:52 better against the middle of the field than before it.
London Excel ran fast: the 334 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:57 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:03Running 1 2:50v median −0:23
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Block 02 6:32Running 2 3:20v median −0:29
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Block 03 10:13Running 3 3:33v median −0:30
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Block 04 10:25Running 4 3:33v median −0:31
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Block 05 8:36Running 5 3:39v median −0:30
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Block 06 5:41Running 6 3:43v median −0:25
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Block 07 7:51Running 7 3:48v median −0:25
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Block 08 11:16Running 8 5:18v median −0:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:17
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 315
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 315 women who finished.