The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michelle Smith took 2nd of 18 in the 50–54 age group at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:36:40.
The wall balls were where this race was made, 2:38 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:16 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Johannesburg cost the whole field time: about 8:37 more than the average race this season, going by 205 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:41Running 1 4:21v median −0:12
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Block 02 8:49Running 2 5:34v median −1:06
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Block 03 11:40Running 3 6:07v median −0:59
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Block 04 13:27Running 4 6:09v median −0:59
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Block 05 11:57Running 5 6:11v median −1:19
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Block 06 8:22Running 6 6:11v median −1:11
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Block 07 11:49Running 7 6:06v median −1:17
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Block 08 12:44Running 8 6:51v median −1:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:18
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 544
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 544 women who finished.