About this episode

Madelyn Eybergen discusses her journey to becoming a world champion in hybrid racing and the future of endurance training.

A few months ago, Madelyn Eybergen joined this show as Canada's university cross-country champion. Today, she's back as a world champion, but not in running. Instead, she conquered one of the fastest-growing sports in endurance: hybrid racing. If there were ever a competition to crown the world’s most well rounded endurance athlete, Eybergen would be able to make a strong case. She's no stranger to reinvention after trading the high jump for the track and quickly becoming one of Canada's brightest young distance running stars. Now, she's taken on a challenge even further removed, the fast growing world of hybrid racing. Late last month at the HYROX Global Championships in Stockholm she was crowned World Champion in the Professional 20-24 division, with a new national record setting time of 57:37 to boot. What makes the accomplishment even more impressive is the fact that it comes fresh off the heels of a personal-best setting track season, including a new 15:30 5000m PB set just one week prior to the HYROX global championships. This week, Madelyn joins The Shakeout Podcast to recap her historic world title and answer once and for all the question runners everywhere are starting…

People in this episode

Host: David Stol

Guest: Madelyn Eybergen

Topics covered

• endurance training
• hybrid racing
• world champion
• athletic performance
• personal bests

Keywords

• HYROX
• endurance athlete
• world champion
• hybrid racing
• personal best
• 5000m
• Canada

Sponsors

Altitude Sports

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Canadian Running Magazine, The Shakeout Podcast

Places: Stockholm

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