Built backwards from race day
Eight stations, eight 1-km runs. Sled push and pull with explicit progression, wall balls scaled to your bodyweight, run intervals that match the race.
[ Carrickfergus · Northern Ireland ]
Hyrox training in Carrickfergus,
built around your race.
There are 10 gyms and sports centres within reach of the centre of Carrickfergus, YMCA among them, and this programme is written around whichever one you use. Your nearest race is OVO Hydro, roughly 160 km away, and every session is dated backwards from it. Built by HYROX Elite 15 athlete Ben Sutherland. See your Week 1 before you decide anything.
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- HYROX Elite 15 athlete
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- Coaches beginner to pro
Programming with a race at the end of it.
Dated to your race, not week numbers
Tell us your race date and every session lands on a calendar day. Miss a week and Sunday's rebuild absorbs it. The plan bends, the race date doesn't.
An Elite 15 athlete behind the programming
Ben races in the HYROX Elite 15 Doubles with his brother Harry. The programming you follow is the structure he uses, scaled to your level.
[ Training in Carrickfergus ]
The ground you actually train on in Carrickfergus.
Where to run your 1 km repeats
A Hyrox is eight 1 km runs with a station between each. Running them on flat, measured, repeatable ground is worth more than any single session you will do indoors. These are the closest measured 5 km courses to you.
- Carrickfergus parkrun · Amphitheatre Wellness Centre0.4 km
- Crawfordsburn Country parkrun · Crawfordsburn Country Park7.4 km
- Valley parkrun, Newtownabbey · Valley Leisure Centre10 km
Distances are straight-line from the centre of Carrickfergus, not journey times. Source: parkrun’s own events feed.
Your nearest race
OVO Hydro
Glasgow · November 2026
Roughly 160 km from Carrickfergus in a straight line. Far enough that an early wave usually means travelling the night before. Whichever race you enter, the programme is built backwards from that date.
Straight-line distance from the centre of Carrickfergus to the venue. Check the official Hyrox calendar for final dates.
[ Gyms in Carrickfergus ]
Where you can train in Carrickfergus.
Enough choice in Carrickfergus to find one that suits the training rather than the other way round. Ring ahead and ask about sled space and a wall you are allowed to throw at, because those two decide more than anything on the membership page.
Chains with a site here: YMCA. If you already hold one of those memberships, you can start this week without paying anything new.
- Carrickfergus Bowling Clubsports centre0.2 km
- Amphitheatre Wellness Centregym0.4 km
- YMCAsports centre0.4 km
- Fitness Hubgym1.1 km
- Oakfield Community Development Centresports centre1.8 km
- Carrickfergus Cricket Clubsports centre2.5 km
- Greenisland War Memorial Sports Club (G.W.M.S.C.)sports centre5.1 km
- Ulster University Sports Centresports centre5.8 km
- Royal North of Ireland Yacht Clubsports centre7 km
- Phenomenal Fitnessgym7.4 km
Distances are straight-line from the centre of Carrickfergus. We have not audited what equipment each site holds, so treat this as where to start ringing rather than a verified kit list. Gym data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
[ Training in Carrickfergus ]
What a Hyrox build looks like from Carrickfergus.
Where to train in Carrickfergus
10 gyms and sports centres sit within a few miles of the centre of Carrickfergus. That is enough to choose on what the floor actually holds rather than on which is nearest.
Closest to the centre you have Carrickfergus Bowling Club, Amphitheatre Wellness Centre and YMCA, the nearest of them about 0.2 km out. Ring before you join and ask two questions: is there floor space to push a sled, and can you throw a ball at a wall. Those answers decide more than any membership tier.
Carrickfergus Bowling Club and YMCA are listed as sports centres rather than gyms. Multi-use sites are usually where the floor space is, which tends to be where the sled and carry work ends up happening.
YMCA has a site here, so an existing membership may already cover you. If you are joining from scratch, a rolling monthly contract is worth the few extra pounds while you work out which sessions you actually turn up for.
Where to run around Carrickfergus
You are well served for measured running around Carrickfergus. 3 parkrun courses sit within reach: Carrickfergus parkrun, Crawfordsburn Country parkrun and Valley parkrun, Newtownabbey are the closest three, Carrickfergus parkrun being about 0.4 km out. Use one as your fixed benchmark and run it in the same conditions each time, or the number tells you nothing.
A Hyrox is eight kilometre runs with a station between each, which means the skill being tested is running on tired legs, not running fresh. Do at least one session a week where the running comes after the hard work rather than before it.
Racing from Carrickfergus
Your nearest race is OVO Hydro, about 160 km away. Far enough that an early wave means going the night before, which is worth budgeting for at the point you enter rather than the week before.
Whichever race you enter, the date is what makes a programme a programme. Twelve weeks is the standard build, sixteen if you are starting from very little running, and every session lands on a calendar day rather than a week number.
[ Near Carrickfergus ]
Plenty of people train one town over, whether that is a better gym, a flatter route, or simply the one on the way home from work.
What Hyrox coaching costs in Carrickfergus
1:1 Hyrox coaching in Carrickfergus
Hourlysession by session
- Paid again every time you train
- Progress lives in the coach's head
- Limited to their availability
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Tailoredto you
- Full week-by-week personalised programme
- A fraction of what weekly PT sessions add up to
- Free consultation first, cancel anytime
Local rates vary; typical advertised prices, not quotes. Suth Performance is a programming platform, not a substitute for in-person supervision where you need it.
Common questions
[ Carrickfergus ]
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