Stephen Debon is raising money for Marie Curie
Stephen Debon is raising money for Marie Curie
In memory of Dave Russell & Mladen Putak
HYROX Glasgow · 13 March 2025 to 16 March 2025
Story
About a year ago, I lost an ex-colleague, boss, mentor but most of of all a very good friend. He lost his battle with cancer and the very good nurses at Marie Curie helped him along the way and helped his family.
Just a few month later, my wife lost her cousin who was like a brother her to the same disease. He passed way too young.
Both of these people made a long lasting impression in my life and I want to honour them and make them proud and help the people who were there for them at the end.
So, as most of you know, I like a challenge or two. Cycling I like and I know I can do things but I really wanted to push myself and challenge myself to do something that would push the boundaries. So, less than a year ago I decided that I would do Hyrox to help raise funds in the memory of Dave and Mladen. For those of you who don’t know what Hyrox is, please visit: www.hyrox.com.
HYROX is fitness racing. HYROX combines both running & functional workout stations, where participants run 1km, followed by 1 functional workout station, repeated eight times.
Start
->1 km Run
->1000 m SkiErg
->1 km Run
->2×25 m Sled Push (152 kg incl. Sled)
->1 km Run
->2×25 m Sled Pull (103 kg incl. Sled)
->1 km Run
->80m Burpee Broad Jump
->1 km Run
->1000 m Rowing
->1 km Run
->200 m Kettle Bells Farmers Carry (2×24 kg)
->1 km Run
->100 m Sandbag Lunges (20 kg)
->1 km Run
->100 x Wall Balls (6 kg)
->Finish
The training has not been easy. Far from it. Mainly because I was not fit enough to be ready. There were times when I wanted the throw the towel and said I’ll chose something else to help. But I had a choice. Dave and Mladen didn’t. So I kept on pushing and kept on training. Am I ready now??? Probably still not but I’ll try. I want to make them proud and I want to raise as much as I can to help. So please help me help them. You can either donate here on JustGiving or you can go to: Donate | Marie Curie
https://www.justgiving.com/page/stephen-debon-7
I will be doing Hyrox Glasgow on 15th March. I have a target in my head that I have been working towards to. If I fail to reach my target, I will donate £10 for every minute above my target time. It’ll be very difficult but hey it’s a challenge…. So please help me and donate to help the fantastic people at Marie Currie.
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