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Training Session

Chasing threshold not explosion

October 28, 2025 (UTC)
Hyrox Specificity

Training Metrics

Type
Run
Distance
9 km
Duration
90 min
Intensity
Hard

Decided to focus on threshold work today instead of chasing sub-19 5 K race pace — that’s still my secondary goal for this build, but not the priority right now.

I mixed in some incline variations during the sets, since that really spooked me during last week’s parkrun 5 K TT.

Evening kettlebell session was solid — good quality work all around.

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