Hyrox Trial Soho draws 650 athletes

Soho Training Center brought its second Hyrox Trial to Ciudad Real on May 23, filling the Polideportivo Rey Juan Carlos with 650 registered athletes and roughly 2,000 spectators, according to local organizers and city-backed reports. The event gathered amateur and regional competitors across individual and team categories for a hybrid race format built around running and functional-strength stations. Local coverage said the competition ran without major incidents and set a participation record for the event’s second edition. ### Why did this Ciudad Real race draw attention beyond a local gym event? Ciudad Real’s municipal sports office said on May 14 that the second Hyrox Trial had been expected to bring in close to 700 participants, framing the race as part of the city’s push to host larger hybrid-sport events. The city said the competition would take place at Polideportivo Rey Juan Carlos I and would debut the venue’s new textile covering in the hangar area. (alcazardesanjuan.com) The May 23 turnout came in at 650 athletes, according to event-day reports from local media and the organizer’s cited figures. Those reports described the race as a record for the event and said the crowd around the competition pushed attendance well beyond the field itself. ### What exactly was staged inside the venue? (ciudadrealdeporte.es) The Hyrox-style format in Ciudad Real combined running with strength and conditioning stations, according to pre-event and post-event local reports. One city-backed preview described the race as eight strength stations paired with eight kilometers of running, matching the hybrid format that has helped similar events spread through fitness communities in Spain. (alcazardesanjuan.com) Polideportivo Rey Juan Carlos hosted the race setup inside and around the hangar space, where local reports said the new textile roof covering was used for the first time. Post-event coverage said the added cover helped reduce the effect of high temperatures during the morning competition. ### Who organized it, and what did they say about the turnout? (noticiastoledo.com) Soho Training Center organized the event, with support highlighted by Ciudad Real’s city government in pre-race publicity and local reporting. José Nieto, identified in local coverage as director of Soho Training Center, said after the event that organizers had exceeded expectations. One report quoted him as saying the race had 650 competitors, 130 volunteers including judges and staff, and “zero errors” with “100% satisfaction.” (lacerca.com) Pau Beltrán, Ciudad Real’s sports councillor, had said before the race that the event would help reinforce the city’s role as a sports venue and would inaugurate the upgraded hangar enclosure “in the best possible way, with sport,” according to the city’s sports site and municipal news page. (diariodelamancha.com) ### How big was the crowd around the athletes? Local reports published on May 23 said about 2,000 spectators came through during the morning to watch the competition. Several outlets repeated the same attendance figure alongside the athlete count, suggesting the event functioned as both a race and a public fitness showcase. (ciudadrealdeporte.es) One follow-up report said around 7,000 people passed through the facilities over the weekend and estimated the economic impact at 2 million euros for the city. That figure appeared in secondary local coverage and should be treated as an organizer-linked estimate rather than an independently audited total. ### What comes next for people tracking this event? (alcazardesanjuan.com) May 23 is the confirmed date for the second edition that was held in Ciudad Real, and the main public record of the event now sits across the city’s sports pages and local news reports tied to Soho Training Center and the Ayuntamiento de Ciudad Real. Organizers and city officials have not, in the sources reviewed, published a date for a third edition. (alcazardesanjuan.com) (diariodelamancha.com)