Racing

Chasing sub-70 and a HYROX Pro podium

HYROX is 8 km of running, split by 8 workout stations. Pro is the top division, with heavier weights. My best is 1:14:10, at HYROX Houston. Breaking 70 minutes means finding 4 minutes and 10 seconds more.

Sub-70This seasonSub-65ThenSub-60Then
Adam in front of the 1:14:10 finish board at HYROX Houston

This season

The 2026/27 plan

Six to seven Pro singles races, plus Pro doubles with my coach, Sean Ferguson.

Denver

  • Pro Men · Nov 13The next shot at sub-70, at altitude.
  • Open Doubles · Nov 15With my brother Max, in his first HYROX.

Phoenix

  • Pro Doubles · Feb 25–28With Sean.
  • Pro MenPossible.

Las Vegas

  • Pro Men · Mar 12–14Planned.
  • Pro DoublesPossible.

Atlanta

  • Apr 23–25Tentative.

San Diego

  • May 13–16Tentative.

More to come

  • Full calendarRaces added as I register.

HYROX results

Every race

Full data on HYRESULT
RaceDivisionTimeOverallAge group
Salt Lake City 2026Team Relay Mixed U40With Erin Levey, Sean Ferguson and Katie Adler1:22:36#31#27
Salt Lake City 2026Pro Doubles Men 40–44With Sean Ferguson1:02:14#25#4
Salt Lake City 2026Pro Men 35–391:17:55#116#23
Houston 2026Pro Men 35–39Personal best1:14:10#103#14
Phoenix 2026Pro Men 35–391:15:19#230#50
Anaheim 2025Pro Men 35–391:23:57#134#34
Boston 2025Pro Men 35–391:21:28#129#24
Las Vegas 2025Open Men 35–391:23:33#343#74

Finish lines

The boards

Finish board at HYROX Anaheim, 1:23:57
Finish board at HYROX Houston, 1:14:10
Pro Doubles finish board with Sean Ferguson, 1:02:14
Adam at the Jordanelle Triathlon finish

Houston, split by split

Where the next minutes are

31:54 running · 37:12 on the stations · 5:04 in the Roxzone

The sled pull and the wall balls are where the next minutes are.

SkiErg at HYROX Boston1

SkiErg

4:32

Run before: 4:04

Sled push at HYROX Houston2

Sled push

4:29

Run before: 3:45

Sled pull at HYROX Houston3

Sled pull

6:22

Run before: 3:57

Burpee broad jumps at HYROX Phoenix4

Burpee broad jump

3:17

Run before: 3:57

Row at HYROX Phoenix5

Row

4:47

Run before: 3:57

Farmers carry at HYROX Phoenix6

Farmers carry

2:11

Run before: 3:58

Sandbag lunges at HYROX Phoenix7

Sandbag lunges

4:36

Run before: 4:03

Wall balls at HYROX Phoenix8

Wall balls

6:57

Run before: 4:13

Progression

Nine minutes found

From 1:23:33 in my first race to 1:14:10 in Houston. The gold line is 1:10.

Beyond HYROX

Tri, trail and road

Triathlon

  • Jordanelle Sprint2026 · 1:45:47 · 5th in Men 35–39
  • Sand Hollow Sprint2025
  • Cocoa Beach Sprint2024
  • Great Harvest Olympic2024

Trail

  • Park City Trail Series Half Marathon2025 · Age-group winner
  • Twisted Fork 30K, Park City2025

Road

  • Sandy Fiesta 5K2026 · 1st in age group
  • Sandy July 4th 5K2025 · 2nd in age group
  • Run for Home Base, Boston2024
Adam boxing for the U.S. military team at the Royal Albert Hall, London

Fight record

Where it started

Boxing

  • NCBA All-American2011, Naval Academy
  • Coast Guard Academy champion2011
  • Naval Academy Brigade runner-up2010
  • U.S. Military Combined Boxing TeamRoyal Albert Hall, London, 2012

Martial arts

  • Black belt, Taekwondo
  • Black belt, Tang Soo Do
  • Blue belt, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
  • Orange belt, Bang Muay Thai

My training week

Six days on, one off

Programmed by my coach, Sean Ferguson, and trained mostly in a home gym built for HYROX. A typical week: two strength days, three runs and one HYROX session.

6sessions6 to 7hours25 to 30miles of running
  1. SunLong run

    Aerobic run, 65 to 75 min

    Builds the engine. Half of HYROX is running, so the base comes first.

  2. MonStrength

    Strength and power A

    Heavy sleds and lunges need a strong base. Power carries into wall balls and burpee broad jumps.

  3. TueRun

    Tempo intervals

    Holding race pace when the legs are tired. That is what running between stations feels like.

  4. WedRest

    Recovery

    Training is the stress. The adaptation happens on the day off.

  5. ThuStrength

    Strength and power B

    Second strength day. Keeps the legs and grip durable through a full season.

  6. FriRun

    Threshold intervals

    Raises the ceiling, so race pace costs less.

  7. SatHYROX

    Station and transition work

    Race stations back to back, like SkiErg into lunges or farmers carry into row. The Roxzone is free time to win back.

Back the chase

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