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🏃 HYROX Star Dylan Scott Trusted His Plan and Became a World Champion

July 9th, 2026

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Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up.

In today’s edition:

  • 🏃 How Dylan Scott's patient approach paid off in dramatic fashion at the 2026 HYROX World Championships.

  • 🇦🇺 Ricky Garard wakes up every day with one objective: become the Fittest Man on Earth.

  • 👟 Born Primitive is entering the running shoe game — meet the Pursuit 1.

QUOTE OF THE DAY
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I'm a savage at burpees. I will track you down. You can have 30 seconds…and I'll be on your heels.”

Dylan Scott, 2026 HYROX World Champion.
HYROX

Calm, Collected, Champion: Dylan Scott's First HYROX World Title

Credit: Scott Freymond

A veteran in the field, toeing the line at his sixth World Championships, elite HYROX competitor Dylan Scott was relaxed. Experience had led him to a focused yet easygoing mindset - one he said is the best place to be for a race. Despite all the time he had spent at this level, competing against the sport's greats, including past champions, Scott had yet to earn a title. 

Race Night

“Walking into Thursday night, I was just very much in the place of like, ‘come in, execute your race plan. Let's see where it puts you,’” Scott told the Morning Chalk Up. “So I was very calm, to be honest,” he continued.

Scott didn’t lead at the start of the race. Instead, previous champions Tim Wenisch, Hunter McIntyre, and Alex Roncevic surged to the front of the pack and stayed there. 

But Scott expected that, and it did not shake him. 

  • “I've been behind a lot of times and worked my way back into races before. And I'm totally comfortable doing that because I'm like, ‘this is 55 minutes long. If I'm behind by a minute, at minute 22, well, the first 22 minutes of the race aren't really my forte anyway. I still have 33 minutes to reverse this because it's not like a running race,” Scott said.

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SPEED READS

🎟️🔥 Games Tickets Are Live: The 2026 CrossFit Games tickets are available to the public — with the action heading to San Jose next week!

🇫🇷🎥 Paris Delivered the Drama: The latest Road to the Games episode goes behind the scenes at the 2026 French Throwdown, where one of the deepest fields of the Semifinal season battled for coveted CrossFit Games invites.

🤝📈 Accountability Beats Motivation: New data suggests that lasting fitness results come less from fleeting motivation and more from structured accountability, coaching, and community support.

🎙️🧪 Behind the Curtain: In Episode 40 of The Sport of Fitness, Gracie Walton shares what it's really like to test CrossFit Games events before they're revealed to the world—and why it's one of the most demanding jobs in the sport.

ICYMI: Twenty years later, "The Hopper" will open the CrossFit Games. (Rx article)

MEMBER EXCLUSIVE

"Mentally, I'm the Strongest I Have Ever Been:” Ricky Garard Has His Sights Set to Win the CrossFit Games

Credit: @torianpro / Instagram

We’re two weeks away from the 20th CrossFit Games in San Jose, CA, and the men’s podium is genuinely up for grabs.

While there might not be a clear favorite, one name that has to be considered among the top podium threats is Australia’s Ricky Garard.

The 32-year-old has been on the podium twice before, including last season, and he won the Torian Pro Semifinal in May, finishing outside the top five only once.

What makes Garard’s performance at the Torian Pro so impressive, however, is that he managed to win the competition despite a nagging back injury and getting sick.

  • “It wasn’t the smoothest ride to the top. I managed the back injury, stayed OK, and got through the first day with the heavy snatch. That was the one I was the most worried about. Once I got through that, I was like, “‘We’re good, smooth sailing now,’” Garard said.

INDUSTRY

Born Primitive Releases “Diverse and Versatile” Running Shoe

Credit: @bornprimitive / Instagram

As HYROX has exploded in the last couple of years, so has the shoe market, which has seen a surge in both new running shoes and hybrid shoes designed specifically for HYROX.

Born Primitive is the latest shoe and apparel company to enter the space; they released their first running shoe, the Pursuit 1, in May.

Remind me: Founded by Bear and Mallory Handlon in 2014, Born Primitive had its roots in CrossFit, but today it’s also prominent in the hiking, hunting, and fishing worlds.

  • Their first product was a pair of compression shorts, followed by T-shirts and tank tops, and eventually full training and lifestyle apparel lines.

In 2023, Born Primitive released their first shoe, the Savage 1 training shoe. Then came the Savage 1 classic shoe, and more recently, a high-top version of the Savage 1.

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