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MacTuffX Swindon

Name: MacTuffX Swindon
Start: 2026-10-11
End: 2026-10-11
Location: Swindon

Swindon, United Kingdom • 11 Oct 2026

MacTuffX Swindon : County Ground, 11 October 2026

MacTuffX Swindon is a functional fitness racing event held at the County Ground in Swindon. The event combines repeated running segments with ten Xercises that use implements such as sandbags, hexbells, kettlebells and slamballs. Entrants must be aged 18 or over on the day of the event.

Competitors can choose how to enter: Solo, Doubles (two people sharing work) or Relay teams. Relay teams are made of five people; each relay member completes two runs plus Xercises. There are two distance formats that change the running component:

10 x 400 m (Classic)
10 x 800 m (Double Distance)

Examples of Xercises and prescribed loads include Alternating Snatch (80 reps; men 15 kg hexbell, ladies 9 kg hexbell), Devil Press (30 reps; men 2 x 10 kg hexbell, ladies 2 x 5 kg hexbell), Zercher Carry (250 m; men 25 kg sandbag, ladies 15 kg sandbag) and Slamball Situp (30 reps; men 9 kg slamball, ladies 6 kg slamball). A LITE division is available for those who wish to compete with lower weights while participating alongside standard divisions.

Entry fees listed for the Swindon event include Solo X at £60, Solo 2X at £75, Doubles teams from £110 to £130 and Relay teams from £130 to £150. The event is presented as part of the MacTuffX series of functional fitness races. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.

United Kingdom South West (England) Swindon

Race information

Registration

8 km

Relay Xx (10x800m)

8 km

Doubles 2x (10x800m)

8 km

Solo 2x (10x800m)

Relay X (10x400m)

Doubles X (10x400m)

Solo X (10x400m)

Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.

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