The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Boston 2026, Kara Garland & Katie Gonsalves crossed the line in 1:30:58: 330th of 691 women's teams, faster than 52% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 86% of the field beaten on the stations, against 35% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:24 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:02 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Boston. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 2:10.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:30Running 1 5:57v median +0:45
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Block 02 9:01Running 2 6:53v median +0:43
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Block 03 10:27Running 3 7:04v median +0:35
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Block 04 10:16Running 4 7:00v median +0:32
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Block 05 11:37Running 5 6:54v median +0:19
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Block 06 9:12Running 6 7:11v median +0:38
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Block 07 10:56Running 7 6:57v median +0:27
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Block 08 11:36Running 8 7:30v median +0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:30
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 690
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 690 women's teams who finished.