The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Beate Marx took 3rd of 14 in the 40–44 age group at Hannover 2020, in 1:17:53.
Legs and stations told different stories: 97% of the field beaten on the runs, 70% on the stations. A harder second half: 2:58 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 4:28, ahead of 95% of the field.
Hannover cost the whole field time: about 2:14 more than the average race this season, going by 100 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:49Running 1 4:43v median −1:23
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Block 02 7:18Running 2 4:29v median −1:10
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Block 03 10:39Running 3 4:46v median −1:13
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Block 04 11:03Running 4 4:48v median −1:16
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Block 05 9:53Running 5 5:01v median −1:06
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Block 06 6:44Running 6 4:43v median −1:14
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Block 07 9:41Running 7 4:47v median −1:11
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Block 08 8:27Running 8 4:18v median −1:04
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 165
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 165 women who finished.