The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joe Ward took 3rd of 42 in the 50–54 age group at Dublin 2023, in 1:19:52.
The runs carried this race: faster than 92% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 70% on the stations. The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 1:03 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:48 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Dublin ran slow: the 476 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 5:09 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:34Running 1 3:06v median −0:21
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Block 02 8:43Running 2 5:00v median −0:38
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Block 03 9:55Running 3 5:07v median −1:08
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Block 04 9:52Running 4 5:12v median −0:58
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Block 05 10:10Running 5 5:25v median −1:05
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Block 06 7:20Running 6 5:24v median −0:50
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Block 07 9:43Running 7 5:24v median −0:51
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Block 08 12:16Running 8 5:17v median −1:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:28
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 730
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 730 men who finished.