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.
[ Kempston Hardwick · East ]
Hyrox training in Kempston Hardwick,
built around your race.
There are 20 gyms and sports centres within reach of the centre of Kempston Hardwick, Fitness First and PureGym among them, and this programme is written around whichever one you use. Your nearest race is ExCeL London, roughly 74 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
- Multiple Pro Doubles wins
- Best Doubles 49-51 min
- 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 Kempston Hardwick ]
The ground you actually train on in Kempston Hardwick.
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.
- Great Denham parkrun3.6 km
- Millennium Country parkrun, Forest of Marston Vale · Forest of Marston Vale - Millennium Coun3.6 km
- Jubilee parkrun, Bedford5 km
- Bedford parkrun · Bedford Park, Bedford7 km
Distances are straight-line from the centre of Kempston Hardwick, not journey times. Source: parkrun’s own events feed.
Your nearest race
ExCeL London
London · expected March 2027
Roughly 74 km from Kempston Hardwick in a straight line, which for most people is an early train rather than a hotel. Whichever race you enter, the programme is built backwards from that date.
Straight-line distance from the centre of Kempston Hardwick to the venue. The date follows the venue's annual cadence rather than a confirmed listing, so check the official Hyrox calendar before booking.
[ Gyms in Kempston Hardwick ]
Where you can train in Kempston Hardwick.
Kempston Hardwick has plenty of choice, which means you can be picky. The thing to look for is not a Hyrox sticker on the door, it is a sled lane long enough to push on, a spare wall for wall balls, and a rower nobody queues for at 6pm.
Chains with a site here: Fitness First, PureGym. If you already hold one of those memberships, you can start this week without paying anything new.
- Cryselco Park Pavilionsports centre2.4 km
- Simply Gymgym2.6 km
- Kempston Park Indoor Bowls Clubsports centre4.1 km
- Box End Parksports centre4.2 km
- Bunyan Sports Centresports centre4.6 km
- Bedford Girls School Junior School Tennis Courtssports centre5.3 km
- Poynter's Boathousesports centre5.3 km
- Greyfriars Snooker Centresports centre5.5 km
- Harpur Trust Schools Boathousesports centre5.7 km
- Kraken MMA & Fitnessgym5.9 km
- Fitness Firstgym6 km
- Alexander Sports Centresports centre6 km
20 sites within reach of the centre of Kempston Hardwick; the twelve closest are listed. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Kempston Hardwick. 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 Kempston Hardwick ]
What a Hyrox build looks like from Kempston Hardwick.
Where to train in Kempston Hardwick
20 gyms and sports centres sit within a few miles of the centre of Kempston Hardwick. That is enough to choose on what the floor actually holds rather than on which is nearest.
Closest to the centre you have Cryselco Park Pavilion, Simply Gym and Kempston Park Indoor Bowls Club, the nearest of them about 2.4 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.
Cryselco Park Pavilion and Kempston Park Indoor Bowls Club 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.
Fitness First and PureGym have sites 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 Kempston Hardwick
You are well served for measured running around Kempston Hardwick. 4 parkrun courses sit within reach: Great Denham parkrun, Millennium Country parkrun, Forest of Marston Vale and Jubilee parkrun, Bedford are the closest three, Great Denham parkrun being about 3.6 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 Kempston Hardwick
Your nearest race is ExCeL London, about 74 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 Kempston Hardwick ]
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 Kempston Hardwick
1:1 Hyrox coaching in Kempston Hardwick
Hourlysession by session
- Paid again every time you train
- Progress lives in the coach's head
- Limited to their availability
Suth Performance
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
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