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CNA
a day ago
- Sport
- CNA
HYROX reshaping the business of sport in Singapore
Singapore is hosting its biggest HYROX race this weekend. The global fitness challenge is testing physical limits and reshaping the business of sport — sparking new demand for gyms, training programmes and brands. The competitive fitness event blends endurance with functional strength training. The format is fixed worldwide as it aims to deliver a consistent race experience, no matter the location.
Irish Times
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
The treks Irish concert-goers endure are almost always worth it
'You won't be able to ring Lord Henry anymore,' quipped a friend when the news of the death of the legendary Slane Castle proprietor broke. I've only ever called Henry Mount Charles once, about 15 years ago when Oasis were gearing up to headline in his back garden. I was in music journalism and he had graciously granted an interview and handed over his personal mobile number. He was a gentleman, in every sense of the word. Lord Henry is one of two celebrities whose number I have in my phonebook. The other is Louis Walsh , although I suspect he might have changed his since. Lord Henry's death ignited a lot of chat around the Slane concerts, but whenever Slane comes up, what people are really keen to talk about is getting there and particularly getting home. 'It took us eight hours to get back to Dublin after Metallica.' 'We had to walk five miles to the car after Harry Styles.' 'I'm still on the bus home from Oasis in 2009,' etc. The truth is, going to almost any large concert in Ireland is a serious test of endurance. Last weekend, the Phoenix Park hosted three concerts by American country star Zach Bryan . Reports that about 12 per cent of the tickets were purchased in Dublin meant that the fans would be travelling in from all around the country, and beyond. READ MORE Obviously, the hotel prices were in the stratosphere, but even anyone lucky enough to be lodging nearby would still be subjected to the great Phoenix Park concert trek – a good 45 minutes from the entrance of the park to a concert venue itself. Zach Bryan playing in Dublin's Phoenix Park. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times I didn't attend the Zach Bryan concerts, but I've done so, so many of these treks. As a punter who knows little of the logistical and safety arrangements for large events it's tempting to imagine concert and festival planners sitting around the gaping maw of Mordor devising ways to make people suffer. 'I know, I know, let's make them walk for four miles following signs for a blue car park, even though there is no blue car park.' 'Oh, you're terrible, I love it. How about having no parking and asking people to use public transport, but then cancelling all the public transport?' 'Or, or, let's put the campsite at the top of a hill so that they have to carry their stupid tents and little chairs all the way up. And obviously the car parks will be six miles away.' We do it, though, for the experience. I attended the Beyond the Pale festival a few weeks back. It's mercifully small, which means the treks are shorter, but there was still a moment as we wrestled up (it was obviously uphill) a slippery, muddy forest trail with air mattresses and six packs of Tayto when I hissed, 'This bit is always hell, but it will be worth it.' Eleven years ago this weekend, I attended an Arcade Fire concert at Marlay Park. Afterwards we walked the 8km back into Dublin city centre, rewarding ourselves on arrival to a slap-up, sit-down 2am meal at the wonderful Temple Bar Indian restaurant Shan. Unfortunately, I don't think Shan survived the pandemic, but the torturous journey to and from a concert at Marlay Park is still very much with us. I relived the experience this week, attending the Olivia Rodrigo show. We were bringing some preteens, so there was much investigating of extortionate private bus options and Google mapping of possible parking possibilities that might lie outside the road closures and resident-only restrictions. Because if there's anything concert organisers love, it's road closures and parking restrictions. [ Olivia Rodrigo at Marlay Park: Pop star surprises fans with Fontaines DC cover during a brilliantly energetic show Opens in new window ] I was a victim myself during the Zach Bryan concerts. Leaving a pal's house in Stoneybatter, I was met with no fewer than three different roadblocks while trying to drive home to Dublin 8. With each refusal I did a mental recalculation and headed for a different route, only to be rebuffed with no detour suggestion offered. When I finally found my way around the exclusion zone I was stuck in 40 minutes of traffic. All around me were frantic designated picker-uppers trying to find somewhere to pull in to wait for their Bryan fan to make the at least 60-minute hike to find them. And for every designated picker-upper there was a Garda roaring at them to 'move that veh-hickle'. All I could think about was the girls I'd seen earlier on Parkgate Street heading for the Phoenix Park entrance. They were already hobbling a little in their cowboy boots and obviously oblivious to the trek still ahead of them. I hope it was worth it. It always is. Almost always.
The Independent
2 days ago
- Sport
- The Independent
Student who ‘does not like running' aims to run 500km in 10 days
A student who claims not to enjoy running is attempting to run 500km in 10 days for charity. Sean Tilson, 21, hopes to raise £5,000 for the cancer charity Sarcoma UK. Last year, he completed four challenges in four months, which included a 100-mile run and Ironman triathlon. For the past eight months, Mr Tilson been training for his latest endurance feat. The University of Exeter student is setting off on Thursday from the city and will be stopping off at schools along the route to talk with students about mindset. His route will take him from Exeter to Fleet in Hampshire, via Birmingham and Eton and Windsor. He credits mindset with turning his life around after he lost his mother at the age of 14 to sarcoma, a term that describes bone and soft tissue cancer. 'I'll be talking to them about mindset and my belief that the only voice that limits you in your life is your own,' he said. 'For a large chunk of my life I felt pretty powerless, like I was alone in a crowded room and didn't quite fit in, but through mindset I was able to turn that narrative around. 'I did this by imagining the person I wanted to be and defining the values I wanted to live by – courage, curiosity, kindness and integrity – and using those four values as the framework to evaluate my decisions.' Mr Tilson, who will graduate later this year with a degree in business management, has been the president of five societies while at the university, including the endurance society IronFit. He said that while being a good runner, he does not enjoy it. 'For me it's very much a discipline, a way to measure what I can accomplish when I stick with something,' he said. 'But it's a fascinating sport that's taught me so much about resilience and how, even in your lowest moments, like when I did my 100-mile challenge and was struggling to stay in the race, you can turn things around. 'These days I find running meditative, so I think I will enjoy this challenge, especially as I've got such a great team around me. 'Realising that mindset is where true growth lies has really helped me make the most of my time here at Exeter. 'I want to encourage others to take a step forward, be kind to yourself, but always be guided by that vision of the person you want to become.' In the autumn he will start a graduate job in New York as a business analyst.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Student who ‘does not like running' aims to run 500km in 10 days
A student who claims not to enjoy running is attempting to run 500km in 10 days for charity. Sean Tilson, 21, hopes to raise £5,000 for the cancer charity Sarcoma UK. Last year, he completed four challenges in four months, which included a 100-mile run and Ironman triathlon. For the past eight months, Mr Tilson been training for his latest endurance feat. The University of Exeter student is setting off on Thursday from the city and will be stopping off at schools along the route to talk with students about mindset. His route will take him from Exeter to Fleet in Hampshire, via Birmingham and Eton and Windsor. He credits mindset with turning his life around after he lost his mother at the age of 14 to sarcoma, a term that describes bone and soft tissue cancer. 'I'll be talking to them about mindset and my belief that the only voice that limits you in your life is your own,' he said. 'For a large chunk of my life I felt pretty powerless, like I was alone in a crowded room and didn't quite fit in, but through mindset I was able to turn that narrative around. 'I did this by imagining the person I wanted to be and defining the values I wanted to live by – courage, curiosity, kindness and integrity – and using those four values as the framework to evaluate my decisions.' Mr Tilson, who will graduate later this year with a degree in business management, has been the president of five societies while at the university, including the endurance society IronFit. He said that while being a good runner, he does not enjoy it. 'For me it's very much a discipline, a way to measure what I can accomplish when I stick with something,' he said. 'But it's a fascinating sport that's taught me so much about resilience and how, even in your lowest moments, like when I did my 100-mile challenge and was struggling to stay in the race, you can turn things around. 'These days I find running meditative, so I think I will enjoy this challenge, especially as I've got such a great team around me. 'Realising that mindset is where true growth lies has really helped me make the most of my time here at Exeter. 'I want to encourage others to take a step forward, be kind to yourself, but always be guided by that vision of the person you want to become.' In the autumn he will start a graduate job in New York as a business analyst.
ABC News
3 days ago
- Sport
- ABC News
Endurance athlete Phil Gore sets Backyard Ultra world record at Dead Cow Gully
Australian endurance athlete Phil Gore has broken the world record for the Backyard Ultra marathon after running almost 800 kilometres in five days on a southern Queensland cattle farm. The West Australian ran 119 laps of the 6.7-kilometre course at the Dead Cow Gully Backyard Masters event outside Nanango, 180km north-west of Brisbane. "It's amazing," Gore said after crossing the line in the early hours of Thursday morning. "The bar keeps getting raised higher and higher and I'm glad that I'm still able to keep up with it. Gore ran 797.3km to break the previous world record of 116 loops, which was held by Belgian Łukasz Wróbel. Billed as a race with no finish line, the Backyard Ultra format has no predefined length or time but requires runners to complete a 6.7km loop every hour. The competition is over when only one runner remains to complete a loop. A field of 263 runners set off at 7am on Saturday and the final two competitors were still running before daybreak early on Thursday. Sam Harvey from New Zealand was the final runner to drop out of the race at the start of the 118th loop, which set a New Zealand national record for the Backyard Ultra distance. "I wanted to get to sun-up … and 500 miles, but gravity wasn't my friend," Harvey said, adding that his Achilles tendon "blew up" on Tuesday night. During the event two female national records were broken. Australia's Holly Ranson ran 61 loops (408km) and New Zealand's Jane McAlpine ran 53 loops (355km). Race director and fourth-generation cattle farmer Tim Walsh said the event, which attracted runners from Japan, Belgium, Spain and the United States, was now a fixture on the international running calendar. After running for five days straight, Gore joked that his next race will be shorter. "I might do a 24-hour instead," he laughed.
