Did you see Vanessa? She did the 16 miler
Didnât notice her but it was so cold at the start, everyone was shivering and looking at the ground 
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Bit on the beeb about hyrox today, goodbye Ironman!
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Ah. London = UK.
If itâs a thing there, itâs big 
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had an easy few days so took in a very long run down to Dorset last nightâŚno refreshments available, so after a quick loo stop i ran back to my home in the woodsâŚ
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Yeah, within the M25 so England
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It is growing massively, and I must admit that Iâm tempted. I could never say that about an IM!
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i am temptedâŚbut my concern in general is the number of PTs who start new athletes out at the competition limits rather than building into itâŚ
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Itâs just the same as tri in 1990 ish
Most on here wonât remember that ups and downs with it, the big up is itâs so spectator friendly.
11 from my gym doing Birmingham itâs only a small ish gym.
Several people trying to combine tri and hyrox in there training once you realise you havenât got to be huge to do the stations well a plan can be made.
Tri will always be my first love though
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very much soâŚ
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Iâd say anything that gets people fit and active (whilst not using PEDâs) is good, but often this is existing active people.
Itâs a good business model and is very good in the influencer age, attracting the likes of proâs like Sebi & Skipper.
I do wonder if it will be purchased by big corp soon though?
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London excel ( Nov) tickets will be out soon ish
Itâs a bigger venue, 15000 over the weekend I think ?
If hyrox gives the codes out to affiliated gyms again it will sell out before tickets go on sale to the general public, thatâs crap ! my PT is now a head judge at events and is part of some focus group.
Friends in low places and I should be ok, but ⌠many are training for events now that they just wonât get in, thatâs even more crap.
Be interesting to see what happens over the next 12 months.
Thatâs the other benefit of this, they can make money from hosting events from spectators. Canât really do that on Ironman or ultra running.
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What is the IP in the hyrox game then? The name, the specific order of the events?
Whatâs to stop copycat versions popping up I wonder? Are people drawn to âhyroxâ or cross functional training competition?
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Going up too!
10 quid
Now 12 I believe
And they sell out spectator tickets Everytime it seems.
Entry prices will go up too, when itâs full people are buying â macmillan â places
£50 but ⌠you pledge to raise 400 quid for charity
I know/ know of several people who just paid it themselves ( 450 quid for 1-2 hour race!) and a few who didnât raise any money âŚ( you would be excluded from doing this again, and there talking about cash first in future )
Itâs very popular
I suggested a hyrox based circuit at our gym ( I get free classes with membership )
Apparently itâs not allowed under copyright ?!?
Thatâs the answer I got anyway ?
Really good runners like you are sometimes interested, some adapt to the stations Some itâs not for them, I can see your tempted ?!
Itâs the new CrossFit.
That was just circuit training under s brand name.
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Yep. But theyâve made it competitive and fun
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Having looked at a few CrossFit events I think itâs different
Some have no running in, some have upside down press ups in, start stop, really heavy weights etc etc.
Hyrox is a running race, or to be more accurate a compromised running race.
Thousands of people are signing up ( if they can get in !) who you wouldnât see anywhere near a CrossFit comp, the actual old school crissfitters, I know a few constantly moan about how â run biased â it is.
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