The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:30:42 at Karlsruhe 2025 put Linda Mehlhase & Verena Geg 375th of 622 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 81% of the field beaten on the stations, against 32% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:58 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:21 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Karlsruhe cost the whole field time: about 2:30 more than the average race this season, going by 417 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:24Running 1 4:10v median −0:16
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Block 02 10:27Running 2 8:46v median +2:20
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Block 03 12:32Running 3 9:02v median +2:23
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Block 04 10:08Running 4 6:37v median −0:08
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Block 05 11:22Running 5 6:37v median −0:15
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Block 06 8:40Running 6 6:50v median +0:02
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Block 07 9:45Running 7 7:09v median +0:20
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Block 08 11:29Running 8 7:32v median +0:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:05
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 617
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 617 women's teams who finished.