The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:20:51 at Johannesburg I 2025 put Alicia Lafond-van der Merwe 328th of 382 women in the Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 6:49. A harder second half: 14:39 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 12:24 in the roxzone was slower than 86% 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
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Block 01 9:18Running 1 4:03v median −0:17
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Block 02 10:06Running 2 6:47v median +0:14
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Block 03 15:03Running 3 7:25v median +0:31
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Block 04 20:54Running 4 7:36v median +0:35
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Block 05 14:44Running 5 8:11v median +0:55
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Block 06 10:40Running 6 8:14v median +1:06
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Block 07 20:48Running 7 8:38v median +1:35
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Block 08 27:02Running 8 12:33v median +4:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:24
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.