Last fall, the 35-year-old achieved a decade-long dream of qualifying for the Olympic Trials in the marathon with a 2:34:27 performance at the Indianapolis Marathon, years after stalling out at 2:52 and thinking the goal was out of reach. Courtesy Alyssa McElheny McElheny (left) celebrates crossing the finish line at the 2025 Indianapolis Marathon, securing an Olympic Trials qualifying time of 2:34:27. “I think Hyrox has been great for me in terms of, it’s been a mindshift away from smaller is better,” she says. Courtesy Alyssa McElheny McElheny competes at the Hyrox World Championships in Stockholm. But that doesn’t mean she’s not excited to line up at the Olympic Trials in 2028.