The race, in three figures
The race, in words
David Slater finished in the top 10% of the field at Manchester 2023, in 1:12:47 for 59th of 649 men in the Open division.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 2:06 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:49 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 3:09 more than the average race this season, going by 373 athletes who raced both. An improvement of 9:47 on London 2022.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:02Running 1 5:49v median −0:14
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Block 02 6:49Running 2 4:33v median −0:37
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Block 03 8:19Running 3 4:54v median −0:47
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Block 04 9:04Running 4 5:04v median −0:36
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Block 05 9:33Running 5 5:08v median −0:39
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Block 06 5:59Running 6 4:44v median −1:00
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Block 07 8:09Running 7 4:52v median −0:52
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Block 08 10:26Running 8 5:12v median −1:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:34
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 625
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 625 men who finished.