07/06/2026
HYROX Berlin - mixed doubles
The ad read “Female Wanted, age 45-54, HYROX Berlin mixed doubles. Goal: qualify for world championships and podium potential. All expenses paid.”
The answer was obvious 😜 so off I went to my second race at the Berlin HYROX with Lars from Denmark.
We met at the hotel the night before and spent the following day getting to know each other and talking all things HYROX.
We didn’t even know how each other ran or moved apart from a quick transitions practice during the warm up.
Then off we went, running at a fairly quick pace for the first lap and second team into the ski erg. We shared the stations fairly evenly and held our run paces.
Our goal was to finish in under 1:03 and ultimately come first in order the qualify for worlds. Unlucky for us, the current world champ in the 50-54 age group also raced in the mixed doubles on another day and completely smoked us by 4mins so we ended up in third place with a time of 1:02:02.
As a first race together I was very happy with this result, even if we didn’t qualify. A good starting point for us and hopefully we can race together next season and snag that world championships qualification early in the season.
Thanks for an awesome experience Lars! We make a good team 🏃♀️🏃🏽♂️