I finished my first Hyrox in 1:05:11 and won my age group

1:05:11 I finished 1st 🥇 on my age group and 5th in the male category. I failed my ambitious goal of sub-60 but I was very happy with my race. And I have a nice goal to chase for the next few months. All the staff at the Hyrox venue knew us! I even talked to the manager of Hyrox Turkey/Dubai/Greece. His name his Mustafa and he let my wife inside the athlete zone to shot videos for our YouTube channel. It’s my first Hyrox and the energy is insane. Everybody is fit, sexy and topless. There’s a DJ and MC so it feels like a gym-club in Bali. No surprise this sport is growing so much! This little experiment is engraved in my head. The last 2 weeks have been surreal. Getting paid $112,000 to race, receiving a fancy car at my hotel lobby, getting recognized by a lot of people, my first race… so many things to process! I want to thank my sponsors who made this possible: - higgsfield.ai by @higgsfield (10 spots!) - zerorank.ai by @kelvincobanaj - samslist.com by @notgokgreen - orcarouter.ai by @orcarouter - peptideconfidential.com by @peptideconfiden - getstanley.ai by @jayhoovy (🍑) I want to thank my wife for always trusting in me and pushing me to try whatever crosses my mind. I want to thank all of you who supported the idea, online and offline. And I want to thank me for believing in myself. I was lost for so long. I felt misunderstood by people thinking I was weird for trying all kind of experiments. In the end I just want to have fun, and I’m incredibly grateful that my hard work has finally compounded and now I can play and get paid for it. Ok I’m a bit emotional now, and I’m getting late for my second race of the day with my wife. This one is just for fun. Woohoo!

Marc Lou@marclou · Sep 8, 2026I'm selling my body. On September 19th, I'm competing in my first HYROX race in Turkey. You can advertise your startup on 10 of my muscles: - Your website is listed on hyrox.marclou.com - Your logo will be tattooed on my body on race day - I'll share it on my YouTube and X accounts Bidding starts at $1,000. Each takeover doubles the price: $1,000 → $2,000 → $4,000. If outbid, you’re refunded minus the Stripe fee. Bidding closes on Thursday the 10th at midnight UTC (in 2 days), so I have enough time to print the winning tattoos. → Sponsor my body: hyrox.marclou.com