The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jennifer Tait finished 861st of 887 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 2:20:42.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 7:20 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 7:15 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 11:34 in the roxzone was slower than 95% of the field.
The field ran 1:16 faster at Birmingham 2026 than at London Olympia 2026, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:57Running 1 7:46v median +1:48
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Block 02 11:12Running 2 7:27v median +2:11
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Block 03 15:48Running 3 7:59v median +2:26
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Block 04 20:24Running 4 8:01v median +2:25
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Block 05 14:19Running 5 8:19v median +2:35
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Block 06 10:52Running 6 8:41v median +2:58
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Block 07 20:17Running 7 7:57v median +2:12
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Block 08 22:28Running 8 8:53v median +2:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:34
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 607
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 607 women who finished.