EPISODE · May 19, 2026 · 17 MIN
Half of Hyrox is Running (And Other Things I Learned Too Late)
from Compounding Returns · host Marca Wosoba
Half of Hyrox is Running (And Other Things I Learned Too Late)I've qualified for the Hyrox World Championships twice. I showed up underprepared the first time and exhausted the second. Both times I raced anyway. Both times something unexpected happened.This episode is about what I learned — and about the third decision, the one I didn't want to make, that turned out to require more courage than either of the races that came before it.We get into:What Hyrox actually is and why it attracts a very specific kind of personThe eight-year gap in my racing life and what brought me backWhat happens when you realise two days before race day that half of Hyrox is running — and you haven't been runningQualifying for a World Championship I didn't know existedThe hernia diagnosis, the Stockholm decision, and why not racing is sometimes the braver callHow fifteen years in global payments taught me the same lesson the start line did — and the RBS moment early in my career where I moved toward something before I could see where it ledThree things you can use this week: the push-or-withdraw framework, adaptive planning, and protecting the asset
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