The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rowan Young finished 173rd of 281 women in the Open division at Manchester 2023, in 1:39:35.
The runs carried this race: faster than 55% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 28% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:21. A harder second half: 1:11 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 4:40 more than the average race this season, going by 160 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:13Running 1 7:35v median +0:39
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Block 02 9:43Running 2 5:55v median +0:09
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Block 03 11:01Running 3 5:52v median −0:14
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Block 04 13:03Running 4 5:55v median −0:14
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Block 05 11:36Running 5 5:53v median −0:20
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Block 06 8:42Running 6 5:48v median −0:23
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Block 07 13:02Running 7 5:46v median −0:21
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Block 08 12:22Running 8 6:41v median −0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:01
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 273
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 273 women who finished.