Jen Mansour from Derry will be making her Hyrox debut at the event.<\/p>\n
The 43-year-old had hoped to take part in a previous competition held in Creggan but was forced to withdraw after suffering a foot injury.<\/p>\n
Inspired by fellow gym members who have competed in Hyrox, Jen said she had always been curious to try it for herself.<\/p>\n
“There are definitely some nerves, but I’m really excited to be taking part,” she said.<\/p>\n
Jen’s goal for the competition is simple: “To finish in one piece.” <\/p>\n
“I was never particularly sporty at school, but after turning 40, I just wanted to become healthier and fitter,” she said.<\/p>\n
“Hyrox has become really popular in recent years, and we have such a fantastic community at the gym – from all walks of life – who’ve taken part in these kinds of events, so I thought: why not me?”<\/p>\n
Ms Mansour will be competing in the doubles category alongside her friend Esther Donaghy, who has taken part in Hyrox before.<\/p>\n
“Esther is very fit, but more importantly for me, she’s also incredibly supportive,” she said.<\/p>\n
“Having her by my side throughout the event will definitely help me get through it,” she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jen Mansour from Derry will be making her Hyrox debut at the event. The 43-year-old had hoped to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40034,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[6647,102,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-40033","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-fitness","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}