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Cathy Macdonald

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10 HYROX races over 3 seasons: 2 solo, 8 in a team with 5 partners. 1 age-group win.

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Best Open Women time1:35:40Paris 2024
Best Open Women place409thof 929 · Auckland 2026
Latest race1:16:43Birmingham Nov Birm · Doubles Women with Heather HopeCathy's best Doubles Women time so far
Strongest part of the raceSled pullfaster than 88% of Open Women at Paris 2024
Personal bests

One best per race type

solo, doubles and relay times are different races, so each has its own best
Open Women1:35:40Paris 2024 · 2 racesPro Doubles Women1:17:47Stuttgart 2025 · 4 races · with Sarah KingDoubles Women1:16:43Birmingham Nov Birm · 3 races · with Heather HopeDoubles Mixed1:17:15Birmingham Oct Birm · 1 race · with David Johnston

Finish time, race by race: one race type at a time

Oldest to newest; a line going down means getting faster
1:36:001:37:001:38:00 best 1:35:40

This line shows the finish time of Cathy Macdonald at each race, oldest on the left; lower is faster.The best was 1:35:40 at Paris (Nov 2024); Cathy Macdonald was 2:10 slower at the latest race than at the first.

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Race Date Division Finish
Paris Nov 2024 Open Women 1:35:40
Auckland Jan 2026 Open Women 1:37:50

Each dot is one Open Women race; click one for that race's report. Not enough complete, clean Open Women races yet to measure the change.

Every race

10 results at 8 races

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Birmingham Nov Birm 27 Oct – 1 Nov 2026 · 2 results
Race results
Doubles Women, team 55-59, with Heather Hope 1:16:43 701st of 3,479; 5th of 66 aged 55-59 42:52 27:49 6:07 Runs 42:52 · Stations 27:49 · Roxzone 6:07

701st of 3,479 Doubles Women (faster than 79%). Against the 109 who finished around 1:16:40: most time gained on wall balls (0:20), most lost on the eight runs (0:43). Runs 5 to 8 took 0:11 less than runs 1 to 4 (them: 0:21 less).

Cathy Macdonald at HYROX Birmingham Nov Birm, Doubles Women: every split in race order, the typical split of Doubles Women at this race, and the share of the 3,479 Doubles Women finishers here who were slower on that part.
Part Time Typical here vs 3,479 Doubles Women here
Run 1: 5:50 6:27 faster than 75%
SkiErg: 4:36 4:46 faster than 73%
Run 2: 5:07 5:37 faster than 73%
Sled push: 2:01 2:05 faster than 60%
Run 3: 5:20 5:50 faster than 72%
Sled pull: 3:42 4:10 faster than 79%
Run 4: 5:16 5:53 faster than 75%
Burpee broad jump: 3:58 4:29 faster than 68%
Run 5: 5:22 5:57 faster than 73%
Row: 5:02 5:11 faster than 66%
Run 6: 5:18 5:54 faster than 75%
Farmers carry: 1:40 1:49 faster than 74%
Run 7: 5:18 5:54 faster than 75%
Sandbag lunges: 3:06 3:46 faster than 84%
Run 8: 5:24 5:58 faster than 72%
Wall balls: 3:44 4:34 faster than 92%
Roxzone: 6:07 7:10 faster than 78%
Runs (8 km) 42:52 47:32 faster than 75%
Stations (8) 27:49
Finish 1:16:43 1:25:56 701st of 3,479 · faster than 79%

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Doubles Mixed, team 50-54, with David Johnston 1:17:15 1275th of 3,498; 38th of 140 aged 50-54 43:01 28:11 6:06 Runs 43:01 · Stations 28:11 · Roxzone 6:06

1,275th of 3,498 Doubles Mixed (faster than 63%). Against the 98 who finished around 1:15:46: most time gained on burpee broad jump (0:32), most lost on the eight runs (1:54). Runs 5 to 8 took 0:05 less than runs 1 to 4 (them: 0:03 less).

Cathy Macdonald at HYROX Birmingham Oct Birm, Doubles Mixed: every split in race order, the typical split of Doubles Mixed at this race, and the share of the 3,498 Doubles Mixed finishers here who were slower on that part.
Part Time Typical here vs 3,498 Doubles Mixed here
Run 1: 5:46 5:51 faster than 54%
SkiErg: 4:21 4:18 faster than 45%
Run 2: 5:11 5:08 faster than 48%
Sled push: 2:14 2:26 faster than 69%
Run 3: 5:23 5:23 faster than 50%
Sled pull: 3:41 3:56 faster than 62%
Run 4: 5:15 5:24 faster than 56%
Burpee broad jump: 3:00 3:47 faster than 81%
Run 5: 5:23 5:29 faster than 54%
Row: 4:37 4:45 faster than 64%
Run 6: 5:25 5:25 faster than 50%
Farmers carry: 1:41 1:47 faster than 66%
Run 7: 5:20 5:27 faster than 55%
Sandbag lunges: 3:50 4:03 faster than 59%
Run 8: 5:22 5:30 faster than 56%
Wall balls: 4:47 4:45 faster than 49%
Roxzone: 6:06 6:34 faster than 62%
Runs (8 km) 43:01 43:45 faster than 53%
Stations (8) 28:11
Finish 1:17:15 1:22:06 1275th of 3,498 · faster than 63%

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Toronto 2026 1 Oct 2026
Race results
Pro Doubles Women, team 45-49, with Andrea Hayes 1:24:20 117th of 234; 8th of 17 aged 45-49 50:00 29:50 4:36 Runs 50:00 · Stations 29:50 · Roxzone 4:36

117th of 234 Pro Doubles Women (faster than 50%).

Cathy Macdonald at HYROX Toronto 2026, Pro Doubles Women: every split in race order, the typical split of Pro Doubles Women at this race, and the share of the 234 Pro Doubles Women finishers here who were slower on that part.
Part Time Typical here vs 234 Pro Doubles Women here
Run 1: 5:51 6:03 faster than 57%
SkiErg: 4:37 4:43 faster than 65%
Run 2: 5:33 5:46 faster than 60%
Sled push: 2:37 2:48 faster than 66%
Run 3: 5:56 6:09 faster than 59%
Sled pull: 4:17 4:35 faster than 62%
Run 4: 9:00 6:05 faster than 4%
Burpee broad jump: 3:03 3:41 faster than 81%
Run 5: 6:17 6:10 faster than 45%
Row: 4:57 4:56 faster than 48%
Run 6: 6:11 6:09 faster than 49%
Farmers carry: 1:52 1:56 faster than 65%
Run 7: 6:10 6:11 faster than 49%
Sandbag lunges: 3:36 4:21 faster than 83%
Run 8: 5:06 5:08 faster than 51%
Wall balls: 4:51 4:22 faster than 30%
Roxzone: 4:36 4:59 faster than 67%
Runs (8 km) 50:00 47:36 faster than 39%
Stations (8) 29:50
Finish 1:24:20 1:24:22 117th of 234 · faster than 50%

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Stockholm 2026 18 Jun 2026
Race results
Pro Doubles Women, team 45-49, with Sarah King 1:21:22 597th of 689; 63rd of 80 aged 45-49 45:56 28:55 6:37 Runs 45:56 · Stations 28:55 · Roxzone 6:37

597th of 689 Pro Doubles Women (faster than 13%).

Cathy Macdonald at HYROX Stockholm 2026, Pro Doubles Women: every split in race order, the typical split of Pro Doubles Women at this race, and the share of the 689 Pro Doubles Women finishers here who were slower on that part.
Part Time Typical here vs 689 Pro Doubles Women here
Run 1: 3:22 2:49 faster than 8%
SkiErg: 4:07 4:16 faster than 76%
Run 2: 5:28 4:29 faster than 7%
Sled push: 2:33 2:32 faster than 49%
Run 3: 6:07 4:48 faster than 4%
Sled pull: 4:18 3:53 faster than 27%
Run 4: 6:01 4:47 faster than 6%
Burpee broad jump: 3:25 3:13 faster than 38%
Run 5: 6:07 4:53 faster than 6%
Row: 5:04 4:45 faster than 17%
Run 6: 6:08 4:54 faster than 7%
Farmers carry: 1:52 1:44 faster than 30%
Run 7: 6:18 4:58 faster than 7%
Sandbag lunges: 3:31 3:22 faster than 41%
Run 8: 6:29 5:05 faster than 7%
Wall balls: 4:05 3:53 faster than 39%
Roxzone: 6:37 5:12 faster than 13%
Runs (8 km) 45:56 36:40 faster than 7%
Stations (8) 28:55
Finish 1:21:22 1:09:38 597th of 689 · faster than 13%

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Rotterdam 2026 15 Apr 2026
Race results
Doubles Women, team 55-59, with Heather Hope 1:20:45 594th of 2,052; 1st of 7 aged 55-59 46:03 27:58 6:47 Runs 46:03 · Stations 27:58 · Roxzone 6:47

594th of 2,052 Doubles Women (faster than 71%). Against the 63 who finished around 1:21:05: most time gained on wall balls (0:21), most lost on the eight runs (0:47). Runs 5 to 8 took 2:01 more than runs 1 to 4 (them: 1:22 more).

Cathy Macdonald at HYROX Rotterdam 2026, Doubles Women: every split in race order, the typical split of Doubles Women at this race, and the share of the 2,052 Doubles Women finishers here who were slower on that part.
Part Time Typical here vs 2,052 Doubles Women here
Run 1: 5:36 6:00 faster than 69%
SkiErg: 4:44 4:57 faster than 77%
Run 2: 5:20 5:38 faster than 66%
Sled push: 1:40 1:41 faster than 55%
Run 3: 5:34 5:57 faster than 68%
Sled pull: 3:35 3:46 faster than 63%
Run 4: 5:33 6:01 faster than 72%
Burpee broad jump: 3:48 4:24 faster than 74%
Run 5: 5:48 6:06 faster than 63%
Row: 5:02 5:12 faster than 68%
Run 6: 5:50 6:04 faster than 62%
Farmers carry: 1:42 1:51 faster than 73%
Run 7: 5:49 6:07 faster than 64%
Sandbag lunges: 3:30 3:40 faster than 61%
Run 8: 6:37 6:56 faster than 61%
Wall balls: 3:57 4:20 faster than 74%
Roxzone: 6:47 7:26 faster than 65%
Runs (8 km) 46:03 49:03 faster than 67%
Stations (8) 27:58
Finish 1:20:45 1:26:19 594th of 2,052 · faster than 71%

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Glasgow 2026 11 Mar 2026 · 2 results
Race results
Doubles Women, team 60-64, with Tracey McFee 1:24:30 853rd of 2,386; 2nd of 12 aged 60-64 47:38 32:07 4:49 Runs 47:38 · Stations 32:07 · Roxzone 4:49

853rd of 2,386 Doubles Women (faster than 64%). Against the 76 who finished around 1:24:14: most time gained on the eight runs (1:16), most lost on wall balls (0:52). Runs 5 to 8 took 0:44 more than runs 1 to 4 (them: 1:24 more).

Cathy Macdonald at HYROX Glasgow 2026, Doubles Women: every split in race order, the typical split of Doubles Women at this race, and the share of the 2,386 Doubles Women finishers here who were slower on that part.
Part Time Typical here vs 2,386 Doubles Women here
Run 1: 6:15 6:15 faster than 49%
SkiErg: 4:53 4:49 faster than 43%
Run 2: 5:43 6:02 faster than 63%
Sled push: 1:59 1:49 faster than 27%
Run 3: 5:43 6:19 faster than 73%
Sled pull: 3:52 3:59 faster than 57%
Run 4: 5:48 6:23 faster than 72%
Burpee broad jump: 4:19 4:28 faster than 56%
Run 5: 5:54 6:28 faster than 72%
Row: 5:40 5:24 faster than 27%
Run 6: 5:54 6:25 faster than 70%
Farmers carry: 1:54 1:56 faster than 55%
Run 7: 5:49 6:25 faster than 73%
Sandbag lunges: 4:05 3:56 faster than 42%
Run 8: 6:36 7:15 faster than 71%
Wall balls: 5:25 4:49 faster than 28%
Roxzone: 4:49 5:47 faster than 74%
Runs (8 km) 47:38 51:40 faster than 70%
Stations (8) 32:07
Finish 1:24:30 1:29:12 853rd of 2,386 · faster than 64%

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Pro Doubles Women, team 45-49, with Sarah King 1:19:46 111th of 215; 13th of 25 aged 45-49 47:02 28:11 4:39 Runs 47:02 · Stations 28:11 · Roxzone 4:39

111th of 215 Pro Doubles Women (faster than 48%).

Cathy Macdonald at HYROX Glasgow 2026, Pro Doubles Women: every split in race order, the typical split of Pro Doubles Women at this race, and the share of the 215 Pro Doubles Women finishers here who were slower on that part.
Part Time Typical here vs 215 Pro Doubles Women here
Run 1: 5:26 5:21 faster than 48%
SkiErg: 4:21 4:30 faster than 71%
Run 2: 5:24 5:11 faster than 37%
Sled push: 2:01 2:20 faster than 80%
Run 3: 5:45 5:25 faster than 35%
Sled pull: 3:55 4:00 faster than 56%
Run 4: 5:48 5:30 faster than 35%
Burpee broad jump: 3:06 3:30 faster than 72%
Run 5: 6:01 5:34 faster than 30%
Row: 4:57 4:57 faster than 50%
Run 6: 5:55 5:30 faster than 33%
Farmers carry: 2:00 1:58 faster than 45%
Run 7: 6:02 5:30 faster than 30%
Sandbag lunges: 3:34 4:00 faster than 71%
Run 8: 6:44 6:11 faster than 32%
Wall balls: 4:17 4:23 faster than 55%
Roxzone: 4:39 4:37 faster than 49%
Runs (8 km) 47:02 44:30 faster than 34%
Stations (8) 28:11
Finish 1:19:46 1:19:21 111th of 215 · faster than 48%

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Auckland 2026 29 Jan 2026
Race results
Open Women, 55-59 1:37:50 409th of 929; 9th of 28 aged 55-59 52:56 38:54 6:05 Runs 52:56 · Stations 38:54 · Roxzone 6:05

409th of 929 Open Women (faster than 56%).

Cathy Macdonald at HYROX Auckland 2026, Open Women: every split in race order, the typical split of Open Women at this race, and the share of the 929 Open Women finishers here who were slower on that part.
Part Time Typical here vs 929 Open Women here
Run 1: 5:45 6:04 faster than 64%
SkiErg: 4:48 5:03 faster than 75%
Run 2: 5:35 5:42 faster than 56%
Sled push: 2:55 3:10 faster than 66%
Run 3: 6:02 6:09 faster than 54%
Sled pull: 4:40 6:07 faster than 90%
Run 4: 6:18 6:20 faster than 51%
Burpee broad jump: 6:52 7:20 faster than 59%
Run 5: 6:33 6:34 faster than 51%
Row: 5:53 5:35 faster than 26%
Run 6: 7:26 6:27 faster than 27%
Farmers carry: 2:40 2:08 faster than 16%
Run 7: 7:08 6:27 faster than 32%
Sandbag lunges: 4:45 5:38 faster than 74%
Run 8: 8:12 7:34 faster than 37%
Wall balls: 6:21 6:36 faster than 54%
Roxzone: 6:05 6:45 faster than 63%
Runs (8 km) 52:56 51:33 faster than 43%
Stations (8) 38:54
Finish 1:37:50 1:40:22 409th of 929 · faster than 56%

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Stuttgart 2025 1 Nov 2025
Race results
Pro Doubles Women, team 45-49, with Sarah King 1:17:47 83rd of 215; 3rd of 8 aged 45-49 41:24 27:22 9:05 Runs 41:24 · Stations 27:22 · Roxzone 9:05

83rd of 215 Pro Doubles Women (faster than 61%).

Cathy Macdonald at HYROX Stuttgart 2025, Pro Doubles Women: every split in race order, the typical split of Pro Doubles Women at this race, and the share of the 215 Pro Doubles Women finishers here who were slower on that part.
Part Time Typical here vs 215 Pro Doubles Women here
Run 1: 5:08 5:20 faster than 60%
SkiErg: 4:13 4:29 faster than 86%
Run 2: 4:36 4:50 faster than 63%
Sled push: 2:05 2:22 faster than 80%
Run 3: 5:04 5:06 faster than 50%
Sled pull: 4:09 4:35 faster than 69%
Run 4: 5:15 5:09 faster than 45%
Burpee broad jump: 3:02 3:29 faster than 74%
Run 5: 5:18 5:16 faster than 47%
Row: 4:47 4:51 faster than 59%
Run 6: 5:20 5:08 faster than 42%
Farmers carry: 1:54 1:55 faster than 53%
Run 7: 5:21 5:12 faster than 41%
Sandbag lunges: 3:15 3:57 faster than 89%
Run 8: 5:24 5:28 faster than 52%
Wall balls: 3:57 4:23 faster than 74%
Roxzone: 9:05 9:43 faster than 63%
Runs (8 km) 41:24 41:46 faster than 51%
Stations (8) 27:22
Finish 1:17:47 1:21:51 83rd of 215 · faster than 61%

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Paris 2024 9 Nov 2024
Race results
Open Women, 55-59 1:35:40 375th of 747; 5th of 15 aged 55-59 51:34 36:57 7:14 Runs 51:34 · Stations 36:57 · Roxzone 7:14

375th of 747 Open Women (faster than 49%).

Cathy Macdonald at HYROX Paris 2024, Open Women: every split in race order, the typical split of Open Women at this race, and the share of the 747 Open Women finishers here who were slower on that part.
Part Time Typical here vs 747 Open Women here
Run 1: 5:06 4:43 faster than 31%
SkiErg: 4:50 5:05 faster than 78%
Run 2: 5:50 5:32 faster than 35%
Sled push: 2:51 2:51 faster than 50%
Run 3: 6:13 5:48 faster than 31%
Sled pull: 4:55 6:22 faster than 88%
Run 4: 6:27 5:51 faster than 26%
Burpee broad jump: 6:10 6:40 faster than 62%
Run 5: 6:31 6:01 faster than 30%
Row: 5:45 5:20 faster than 18%
Run 6: 6:57 5:56 faster than 18%
Farmers carry: 2:42 2:13 faster than 21%
Run 7: 7:00 5:57 faster than 17%
Sandbag lunges: 4:10 4:58 faster than 76%
Run 8: 7:34 6:41 faster than 27%
Wall balls: 5:34 6:39 faster than 74%
Roxzone: 7:14 7:43 faster than 61%
Runs (8 km) 51:34 46:46 faster than 25%
Stations (8) 36:57
Finish 1:35:40 1:35:33 375th of 747 · faster than 49%

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How to read

Place is the position among timed finishers in the same race, division and gender; a doubles place is the team's. Runs is the organiser's official run total (it can differ from the eight laps added up by a few seconds), stations the eight stations added up, and roxzone the time moving between them. The age group is the one entered for that race; for a team it is the team’s age group.

Best splits · Open Women

The fastest Cathy has done each station

Part Best Race Typical
SkiErg 4:48 Auckland 2026 · best of 2 5:16
Sled push 2:51 Paris 2024 · best of 2 2:55
Sled pull 4:40 Auckland 2026 · best of 2 5:47
Burpee broad jump 6:10 Paris 2024 · best of 2 6:46
Row 5:45 Paris 2024 · best of 2 5:31
Farmers carry 2:40 Auckland 2026 · best of 2 2:19
Sandbag lunges 4:10 Paris 2024 · best of 2 5:13
Wall balls 5:34 Paris 2024 · best of 2 6:43
Runs (8 km) 51:34 Paris 2024 · best of 2 46:44
Roxzone 6:05 Auckland 2026 · best of 2 7:57
How to read

Each station's best across Cathy's Open Women races, from different races, against the typical Open Women split. Venues differ (sled carpets, run laps, where the mats sit), so a best can owe something to the venue.

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Station profile · best Open Women race

Paris 2024, against 747 Open Women

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Shape of the race

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
Cathyedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Cathy sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Strongest on Pull (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 19%).

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Part Cathy: faster than
Ski 79%
Push 50%
Pull 88%
BBJ 63%
Row 19%
Carry 21%
Lunges 76%
Wall balls 75%
Roxzone 61%
Runs 26%

Further out means you beat more of the field on that part. A dent is a weak spot.

How you ranked on each station

SkiErg faster than 79%
Sled push faster than 50%
Sled pull faster than 88%
Burpee broad jump faster than 63%
Row faster than 19%
Farmers carry faster than 21%
Sandbag lunges faster than 76%
Wall balls faster than 75%
Roxzone faster than 61%
Runs (8 km) faster than 26%

How much of the field Cathy beat on each part of the race, at this race.Best: Sled pull (faster than 88%); weakest: Row (faster than 19%).

Longer is better: the share of the field you beat.

Minutes against the typical finisher

SkiErg 0:15 faster
Sled push level
Sled pull 1:27 faster
Burpee broad jump 0:30 faster
Row 0:25 slower
Farmers carry 0:29 slower
Sandbag lunges 0:48 faster
Wall balls 1:05 faster
Roxzone 0:29 faster
Runs (8 km) 4:48 slower

Cathy's time on each part against the typical Open Women finisher at this race.Best: Sled pull (1:27 faster); weakest: Runs (8 km) (4:48 slower).

Green, left of centre: faster than the typical Open Women finisher at this race. Orange, right: slower, and by how much.

The race as one bar: Cathy against the typical Open Women finisher

Cathy1:35:40
5:064:505:502:516:134:556:276:106:315:456:572:427:004:107:345:347:14
Typical Open Women1:34:20
4:435:055:322:515:486:225:516:406:015:205:562:135:574:586:416:397:43
RunsStationsRoxzone (moving between stations)

This chart draws the race in order, left to right: each 1 km run (blue), each station (yellow) and the roxzone (grey), sized by its time.Cathy: 51:38 running, 36:58 at the stations and 7:14 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:10).Below, Typical Open Women: 46:28 running, 40:08 at the stations and 7:43 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:40).

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Part Cathy Typical Open Women
Run 1 5:06 4:43
SkiErg 4:50 5:05
Run 2 5:50 5:32
Sled push 2:51 2:51
Run 3 6:13 5:48
Sled pull 4:55 6:22
Run 4 6:27 5:51
Burpee broad jump 6:10 6:40
Run 5 6:31 6:01
Row 5:45 5:20
Run 6 6:57 5:56
Farmers carry 2:42 2:13
Run 7 7:00 5:57
Sandbag lunges 4:10 4:58
Run 8 7:34 6:41
Wall balls 5:34 6:39
Roxzone 7:14 7:43
Finish 1:35:40 1:35:33

The race in order, left to right. A wider block than the one below is slower than typical.

Farmers carry cost 0:29 against the typical Open Women finisher at Paris 2024. The farmers carry guide shows whether that is strength or pacing, and the workouts that fix it.

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