Hyrox Full Sim - Alpine Fitness Collective

Start List

0800 - 3 - Ben, Kaige, Rich

0815 - 3 - Kathleen, Juice, Andrew

0830 - 3 - Abby, Nikki, Patrick

0845 - 3 - Jeff, Kevin, Ryan

0900 - 3 - Aaron, Arthur, Sam

0915 - 2 - Ben, Leah

0930 - 3 - Ashley, Lauren, Sanjiv

0945 - 1 - Pat

1000 - 0

1015 - 1 - Geoff

1030 - 0

1045 - 1 - Vincent

(23) athletes signed up for the Full Sim

1000 m ski-erg

50 m sled push (152kg) - 160 feet (down and back twice)

50 m sled pull (103 kg) - 160 feet (down and back twice)

80 m burpee broad jump - 262 feet (5 lengths) - course labeled 6 lengths which I completed

1000 m row

200 m farmer (2 x 24 kg) - in parking lot, 2 laps = 200 meters

100 m sandbag lunge (20 kg/45 lb) - 328 feet = 11 x 30 feet

100 wall ball (6kg / 14 lb)

Run 1 - 7:29

Ski Erg - 13:00 (5:31)

Run 2 - 22:38 (9:38)

Sled Push - 28:00 (5:22)

Run 3 - 37:46 (9:46)

Sled Pull 43:30 (5:44)

Run 4 - 53:14 (9:44)

BBJ - 1:09:08 (15:54)

Run 5 - 1:20:10 (11:02)

Row Erg - 1:26:25 (6:15)

Run 6 - 1:37:20 (10:55)

Farmer's Carry - 1:41:30 (4:10)

Run 7 - 1:53:05 (11:35)

Lunges** - 2:01:15 (8:10)

Run 8 - 2:13:25 (12:10)

WBS - 2:23:04 (9:39)

I arrived at about 8:45 in good spirits despite having an anxious stomach all morning.  I fueled with a Clif bar and warmed up a little bit.  Hip Hammy Flow and Line Drills.  After pooping at venue, I took a second Imodium.

Start at 9:30.  I was in a heat with Lauren and Ashley who both took off faster than I did on the run.  I tried to keep up on the ski erg, but Ashley quickly left behind.  Seeing Lauren's tenacity on the stations, kept me in the game, otherwise I would have definitely started scaling the run and station distances.

• The sled push was brutal and much harder than Las Vegas
• The sled pull was not too bad, but it was slow steady paces
• The burpee broad jumps were endless.  I would have stopped at 40 meters if not for Lauren.  I completed all 6 lengths
• The row was fine
• The Farmer's Carry was fine, but I did set them down several times
• I finally gave in and scaled on the walking lunges.  Rather than grab the 20 kg (45 pounds sandbag), I did these unweighted and it still took me 8:10.  My hamstring started to tighten but was fine.
• I did a 10x10 EMOM for the wall ball shots and finished those handily

My runs were slow and got slower.  I walked tried to run a couple times on runs 5 and 6, but completely gave up and walked the entirety of runs 7 and 8.

The "Rox Zone" was relatively short, which saved me several minutes.  I kept a Propel near the entrance/exit of stations 5-8 and sipped at it during my run/walks.

Overall, it was a great mental win, knowing that I can move for 5 miles without issue and with some specific training on run volume, burpee broad jumps and walking lunges, that I could enjoy Hyrox.

Alpine Fitness Collective may host another sim in late June after sectionals.