16/09/2026
Yesterday, Hyrox announced it would be changing its rules after what can only be described as a severe intestinal episode from a participant in the high-endurance fitness race. Joanna Wietrzyk left the Beijing course that she shared with competitors looking like she had skidded down a muddy slip-n-slide. (She came in first place.) “I’m not here to shame anyone,” writes Allure’s James Manso (James Manso). “I’m training for my third marathon, I subsist on black coffee, and I have Celiac disease, so I understand commitment, endurance, and sprinting to the loo. But at the risk of sounding equally old-school and finishing school, all I can ask myself here is: Have we officially flushed our manners down the toilet?” Head to the link in our bio to read about how we’ve begun to forsake basic decency in our pursuit of self-optimization—and why we desperately need it back.
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