The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:18:24 at Malaga 2024 put Hélène Marquis on the age-group podium: 3rd of 38 in the 45–49 age group.
Legs and stations told different stories: 95% of the field beaten on the runs, 74% on the stations. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:14 better against the middle of the field than the first. Quick through the roxzone: 5:29, ahead of 92% of the field.
Malaga cost the whole field time: about 2:17 more than the average race this season, going by 162 athletes who raced both. Hélène Marquis's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:29Running 1 4:10v median −1:02
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Block 02 7:44Running 2 4:42v median −0:53
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Block 03 11:40Running 3 4:48v median −0:58
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Block 04 9:47Running 4 4:42v median −1:06
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Block 05 10:25Running 5 4:51v median −1:07
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Block 06 6:21Running 6 4:38v median −1:11
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Block 07 8:40Running 7 4:41v median −1:11
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Block 08 8:57Running 8 4:43v median −1:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:29
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 299
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 299 women who finished.