The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ariena Shepherd took 2nd of 18 in the 50–54 age group at Johannesburg I 2025, in 1:35:08.
Legs and stations told different stories: 90% of the field beaten on the runs, 43% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 5:14 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 5:38, was faster than 92% of the field.
Johannesburg I ran slow: the 140 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 6:38 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
-
Block 01 9:11Running 1 3:42v median −0:38
-
Block 02 7:26Running 2 5:13v median −1:20
-
Block 03 13:46Running 3 5:29v median −1:25
-
Block 04 14:59Running 4 5:34v median −1:27
-
Block 05 11:09Running 5 5:40v median −1:36
-
Block 06 8:47Running 6 5:37v median −1:31
-
Block 07 10:48Running 7 5:30v median −1:33
-
Block 08 13:30Running 8 5:52v median −2:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:38
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 330
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 330 women who finished.