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.
[ Shildon · North East ]
Hyrox training in Shildon,
built around your race.
There are 10 gyms and sports centres within reach of the centre of Shildon, PureGym among them, and this programme is written around whichever one you use. Your nearest race is Manchester Central, roughly 134 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 Shildon ]
The ground you actually train on in Shildon.
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.
- Hackworth parkrun · Hackworth Park0.2 km
- Jubilee parkrun · Jubilee Park8.3 km
Distances are straight-line from the centre of Shildon, not journey times. Source: parkrun’s own events feed.
Your nearest race
Manchester Central
Manchester · expected April 2027
Roughly 134 km from Shildon 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 Shildon 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 Shildon ]
Where you can train in Shildon.
Enough choice in Shildon 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: PureGym. If you already hold one of those memberships, you can start this week without paying anything new.
- Shildon Sunnydale Leisure Centresports centre0.6 km
- Dean Streetsports centre0.7 km
- OneGymgym3 km
- PureGymgym3 km
- Woodhouse Close Leisure Complexsports centre3.3 km
- Oakleaf Sports Complexsports centre4 km
- Bishop Auckland Snooker Clubsports centre4.4 km
- Newton Aycliffe Leisure Centresports centre4.6 km
- Bishop Auckland RUFCsports centre4.7 km
- ROF 59 Climbing Centregym5.6 km
Distances are straight-line from the centre of Shildon. 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 Shildon ]
What a Hyrox build looks like from Shildon.
Where to train in Shildon
10 gyms and sports centres sit within a few miles of the centre of Shildon. That is enough to choose on what the floor actually holds rather than on which is nearest.
Closest to the centre you have Shildon Sunnydale Leisure Centre, Dean Street and OneGym, the nearest of them about 0.6 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.
Shildon Sunnydale Leisure Centre and Dean Street 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.
PureGym 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 Shildon
Hackworth parkrun, roughly 0.2 km from the centre of Shildon, is your nearest measured 5 km. Free, timed, every Saturday, and the single most useful benchmark you have access to.
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 Shildon
Your nearest race is Manchester Central, about 134 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 Shildon ]
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 Shildon
1:1 Hyrox coaching in Shildon
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
[ Shildon ]
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