What happened at Hyrox

Nine months postpartum, I decided the logical next step after birthing two humans in two years—while still recovering from the trauma of toddler sleep regression—was to do HYROX.

For those who aren’t familiar, HYROX is an event for people who looked at CrossFit and thought, “Too chill.”

It’s a global fitness race involving a casual 8 x 1km runs, each sandwiched between exercises like sled pushes (equivalent to pushing your double pram uphill… with both kids in it… and a labrador) and burpee broad jumps (aka: the last thing any mum wants to do after their pelvic floor has been through childbirth. Twice.)

I did it in 1 hour and 12 minutes alongside my fiancé—father of my children, fellow sleep-deprived lunatic, and occasional co-parent when one of us hasn’t fallen asleep on the couch mid-snack.

A Few Observations From My First HYROX:

• My body is still recovering. I can do hard things, just maybe with an ice pack and a nap afterwards.

• I am powered almost entirely by sourdough crusts, cold coffee, and spite.

• My pelvic floor has entered witness protection.

• There is no greater display of postpartum resilience than doing wall balls after sleepless nights, mastitis, and that one traumatising week not that long ago when everyone had RSV.

Was it fast? Not by elite standards. Was it powerful? Absolutely. I showed up in a tired, imperfect, but fuelled body—and that’s what it’s all about.

So, if you’re also deep in the mum-life trenches wondering if you can ever “come back”—you can. And you don’t need to do HYROX to prove it. You just need to start fuelling your body like it’s not a second thought behind snacks, laundry, and tantrums.

Because you can’t pour from an empty cup—or sprint from an empty stomach.

Need help with that? That’s where I come in.

Check out my postpartum and performance coaching over at fuelyourlifenutrition.com.

Because you deserve more than toast crusts.