The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Boston 2026, Rachel Gerrie & Merritt Weltge crossed the line in 1:19:57: 112th of 426 women's teams, faster than 74% of the field.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:10 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:22 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Boston cost the whole field time: about 2:10 more than the average race this season, going by 758 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:24Running 1 4:38v median −0:19
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Block 02 8:01Running 2 5:46v median −0:13
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Block 03 10:05Running 3 5:51v median −0:25
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Block 04 9:51Running 4 6:04v median −0:17
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Block 05 10:49Running 5 5:55v median −0:30
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Block 06 7:37Running 6 5:54v median −0:28
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Block 07 8:39Running 7 5:56v median −0:22
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Block 08 10:06Running 8 6:22v median −0:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:31
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 426
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 426 women's teams who finished.