Hyrox is the new Crossfit—but what exactly is it, why do people like it, and what can you expect if you decide to try it?
When Meredith and I began training for Hyrox back in April, we had one big question: Whose strengths will help more in the race, hers as a runner or mine as a weightlifter? We ran the 2026 Hyrox race in New York City this past weekend, and we definitely have our answer. You can see a few video clips and some of my thoughts in this wrap-up I posted on Instagram, but read on for the detailed breakdown. For the record, our finish time was 1:36:48.
As a reminder, Hyrox is the fitness race where you do eight short runs, each followed by a different strength-based workout station. (I have a full explainer here.) It’s what you’d get if you asked runners to redesign Crossfit, which may be a bit of a spoiler for our results. Meredith and I did the race as a doubles team, meaning we had to do the runs together, but could divide the work any way we liked when we were at the strength stations.How the Hyrox race felt for each of usHeading into the race, Meredith said she was worried she would have to leave me with (literally) all the heavy lifting. I was worried I’d be too tired from the runs to be much help with the lifting at all. Unfortunately, I was right.
