The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:24:17 at Chicago - North American Open Championship 2023 put Lara Mele on the age-group podium: 3rd of 11 in the 50–54 age group.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:01 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:10 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Chicago - North American Open Championship gave the field time back: about 1:54 faster than the average race this season, by 116 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:57Running 1 5:50v median +0:16
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Block 02 8:06Running 2 5:07v median −0:07
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Block 03 10:40Running 3 5:10v median −0:29
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Block 04 10:27Running 4 5:08v median −0:29
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Block 05 11:08Running 5 5:20v median −0:33
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Block 06 7:27Running 6 5:14v median −0:28
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Block 07 9:08Running 7 5:08v median −0:33
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Block 08 9:55Running 8 6:16v median −1:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:36
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 192
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 192 women who finished.
Elsewhere
Individual Open · Women at Chicago - North American Open Championship 2023
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