05/20/2026
HYROX MIXED DOUBLED IN DA BOOKS!
That was a heckuva lot of fun, folks!
Nat and I signed up for this race back in December and we locked in and never looked back.
If you know anything about us, we are all in or all out kinda people.
With 60% of the race running, and compromised running at that, the training was hard.
Really friggin hard.
But we had the world’s best trainer .fox who programmed my food and all of our training sessions for the 4.5 month Hyrox prep block.
Having her lead the ship was incremental in our journey. Thanks, coach!
At the end of every month we did a simulation test to gauge our progress. This allowed us to practice doing the actual race and also it gave us a ton of data to analyze.
My grandmother always said, “something well planned is already half done” and this weekend was a testament to that.
We are quite meticulous when it comes to planning, prepping and controlling the controllables. We practiced transitions, communication cues, fuelling and so much more.
And when we ran out of the tunnel Saturday afternoon we were ready!
We did the work. We put in the reps. It was now time to compete and earn that huge dose of dopamine that we were chasing for 4+ months.
Having 20+ Miramichi’ers yelling and cheering us on as we ran our 1 km runs and did our station work between the runs was unreal.
And having our two oldest there to experience this is impossible to articulate how amazing that was for us as two proud parents.
Turning around the next day and watching everyone else compete, to be completely honest, was even cooler than when we were in the arena. We both agree that was the highlight of the entire weekend!
Big props to Amanda at River City Fitness Club for introducing us to Hyrox and for building such an amazing fitness community here in miramichi. Hats off my fellow white monster enthusiast. 🙇♂️
Nat and I are taking a bit of a break this week to recover and then we are switching gears to prep for the Miramichi Rock’n Run Half Marathon in June….and then the big challenge after which is going to be my biggest fitness endeavour of my entire life. 😬
Stay tuned for that. 😉
Onward. Upward. Always.
- Johnny
