The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:52:38 at Birmingham 2026 put Lisa Short 269th of 280 women in the Pro division.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 3:04 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:35 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 8:18 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:04. That was 13:22 off the time at London 2024.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:48Running 1 6:28v median +1:21
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Block 02 11:45Running 2 5:47v median +1:19
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Block 03 13:43Running 3 6:02v median +1:18
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Block 04 13:59Running 4 6:18v median +1:33
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Block 05 12:53Running 5 7:03v median +2:11
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Block 06 9:51Running 6 6:34v median +1:48
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Block 07 14:31Running 7 6:37v median +1:48
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Block 08 15:57Running 8 7:06v median +2:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:18
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 280
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 280 women who finished.