Following the interesting and certainly diverse blogs on here from my colleagues, I knew I had to go big with my one. So, I decided to enter and compete in one of the biggest fitness races ever held with over 7,500 athletes attending across 2 days. And it was right here in London.
You probably haven’t heard of it, but it’s the ‘new sport’ on the block, having only been founded in 2017. It’s something where your everyday gym-goer to an elite athlete can work towards and compete in. Low skill, but high intensity.
It’s called HYROX, and it’s a fitness race that tests both strength and endurance. The brief is simple: run 1 km, do an exercise, repeat 8 times, as fast as you can. Each exercise is different, and they range from burpees to pushing a 200KG sled to 100m of lunges with a sandbag on your back.
Whilst you can opt to complete this challenge as a pair or in a team of 4, I competed solo in the Men’s Pro division and secured a time of 1 hour, 26 mins and 16 secs. Despite this being very middle-of-the-pack amongst the other competitors in my division, I’m still proud of the result as I have set a benchmark to beat at the next race in November.
Looking back, at times I was either trying to out-work the others on the exercises or out-pace them on the runs. However, the one true race was against myself. To out-do my best. Which in the end is the only race that counts.
Related news
Goodwood Festival of Speed 2025
As part of a yearly tradition, I had the privilege of attending the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2025, held in July at the iconic Goodwood House. This year’s edition was undoubtedly one of the most ambitious yet. Under the theme “The Winning Formula – Champions & Challengers”, the event celebrated 75 years of the Formula […]
The X Factor
Humphrey Percy
Thu 27 Nov 2025
“Make some noise” the fluffer told the audience as the then newish grime star and musical guest Stormzy took to the stage to do his stuff in October 2017 at the recording of X Factor one Sunday night in a studio off the A40 in West London. There was Dermot Kelly and here was Alesha […]
A Day at Twickenham
Over the weekend, I was fortunate enough to get to attend the England versus New Zealand Autumn Series match at Twickenham, with my family. Getting to go to a rugby match, for me, is about more than the game itself. It is a whole day that starts the second you cram onto the train to […]
