The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:09:35 at Berlin 2025 put Kelli Smith on the age-group podium: 3rd of 74 in the 40–44 age group.
Legs and stations told different stories: 99% of the field beaten on the runs, 72% on the stations. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:17 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 6:26, was faster than 99% of the field.
Berlin gave the field time back: about 2:56 faster than the average race this season, by 950 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:12Running 1 3:05v median −0:55
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Block 02 5:26Running 2 3:28v median −1:17
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Block 03 8:44Running 3 3:32v median −1:24
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Block 04 9:02Running 4 3:32v median −1:27
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Block 05 8:48Running 5 3:38v median −1:29
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Block 06 5:37Running 6 3:33v median −1:28
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Block 07 8:11Running 7 3:34v median −1:28
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Block 08 9:18Running 8 4:35v median −2:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:26
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 777
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 777 women who finished.