The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:15:18 at Birmingham 2026 put Janey Thomas & Beth Thomas 338th of 341 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 4:24. A harder second half: 6:44 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 11:54 in the roxzone was slower than 97% of the field.
Birmingham ran fast: the 2,085 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:31 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 14:42Running 1 9:32v median +3:02
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Block 02 11:58Running 2 9:09v median +3:30
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Block 03 14:45Running 3 8:43v median +2:53
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Block 04 17:02Running 4 10:06v median +4:13
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Block 05 15:30Running 5 9:47v median +3:50
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Block 06 12:50Running 6 10:34v median +4:39
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Block 07 18:33Running 7 10:34v median +4:38
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Block 08 18:14Running 8 10:12v median +4:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:54
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 340
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 340 women's teams who finished.