The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:25:49 at Salt Lake City 2026 put Rob Allen on the age-group podium: 3rd of 15 in the 60–64 age group.
The runs carried this race: faster than 81% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 46% on the stations. A harder second half: 2:56 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Time in the roxzone, 7:29, was faster than 87% of the field.
This was a slow day in Salt Lake City. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 2:43.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:24Running 1 3:02v median −0:09
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Block 02 7:08Running 2 4:37v median −0:44
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Block 03 9:40Running 3 4:54v median −0:55
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Block 04 10:41Running 4 4:52v median −0:56
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Block 05 9:56Running 5 4:55v median −1:03
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Block 06 7:10Running 6 4:53v median −0:56
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Block 07 11:28Running 7 5:00v median −0:50
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Block 08 15:02Running 8 5:30v median −0:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:29
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 950
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 950 men who finished.