Cardiff’s Principality Stadium will host the first ever Hyrox event held in Wales, organisers have confirmed.
The increasingly popular ‘fitness racing’ event will take place across three days between 30 May and 1 June, 2025 in the Welsh capital’s 74,000-seater stadium.
Participants run 1km before completing one fitness exercise, including 1km on a standing ski machine, 50m of sled push and 80m burpee jumps.
Competitors – either professional or everyday fitness enthusiasts – repeat the process until they have performed eight 1km runs and the eight workouts, which also include a 50m sled pull, 1km indoor rowing, carrying a kettlebell 200m, 100m lunges carrying a sandbag, and 100 throws and catches of a medicine ball off a wall.
Competitors can take part as a personal challenge or as a professional. They can also compete as a pair in the doubles category or as part of a quartet in the team relay category.
The race format is consistent globally; Glasgow hosts an event from 12 to 16 March, with Malaga, Copenhagen, Shanghai, Cologne, Miami and Bangkok among the other cities to host an event over the coming months.
