A Performance Project documentary series

Project 64:59

My first HYROX race — Glasgow 2027. The goal is one second under sixty-five minutes. This is the record of how I get there, or why I don't.

Target
Sub 65:00
Race
HYROX Glasgow
When
March 2027
Format
8 × 1 km + 8 stations

Latest film

On camera, week by week.

A training film every week on YouTube, with shorter day-in-the-life clips on TikTok and Instagram.

Training log

The weeks

What I did, how it went and what changed. Newest first.

The race

Eight runs. Eight stations.

A HYROX race is eight 1 km runs, each followed by a workout station, in this order. The clock never stops.

  1. SkiErg
  2. Sled push
  3. Sled pull
  4. Burpee broad jumps
  5. Rowing
  6. Farmers carry
  7. Sandbag lunges
  8. Wall balls

What the project covers

The whole build, not just the highlights.

Training

Strength and station work

The sessions behind each station and how they change over the block.

Running

Eight kilometres under fatigue

Run volume, pacing and what running between stations really demands.

Nutrition

Fuelling the work

How I eat to train and recover, and what I test before race day.

Recovery

Sleep and load

Managing training around a full-time job and real life.

Race day

Glasgow

Pacing plan, kit and the race itself, start to finish.

Reflections

Setbacks and lessons

The weeks that go wrong, and what I change because of them.

Follow the journey

Watch it happen.