POST-RACE DATA ANALYSIS - BERLIN 2025 - Wanjiru's Late-Race Regression: A Lesson in Thermal Load Management

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POST-RACE DATA ANALYSIS - BERLIN 2025 - Wanjiru's Late-Race Regression: A Lesson in Thermal Load Management

The Women's race provided the real-time drama that tracking fans live for. Rosemary Wanjiru took the title in 2:21:05, but the data shows she was fighting severe pace decay in the final miles. Her three-second margin over Dera Dida (2:21:08) isn’t a sign of controlled pacing; it’s a sign of a successful early surge that barely survived the thermal load. We saw Dida gain massive ground in the final kilometer as Wanjiru's muscle fibers seized. This is critical data for coaches: it highlights the fine line between early ambition and late-race physiological collapse when running outside the optimal temperature window.


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