The sled stations decide most HYROX races, and they decide them mid-race, when your legs are already loaded. Push and pull look simple, but after the running that comes before them, every metre feels heavier, and the athletes who have trained for that feeling are the ones who keep moving.
Our classes follow one eight-week build. Early in the block, the focus is heavy pushes for strength. In the middle weeks, the pushes get longer and lighter, building repeatability. In the final fortnight, we do race-weight, full-distance efforts, so race day feels familiar. Every session ends with easy running, so legs learn to turn over again straight off the sled.
Then there is the Casper altitude twist. At altitude, the sled takes more out of you, so hold back about 10% on the opener and settle into a pace you can repeat. Start controlled, breathe, and finish the station with something left — that is how race-day legs are built in Casper.