Challenge your limits with Renegade Conditioning Systems

Are you ready to test your strength, endurance, and grit? Our races and competitions are designed to push you beyond what you thought possible. Join us, bring your friends, and experience the thrill of accomplishment.

Participants that complete all 3 of our race challenges this year will be eligible for special prizes and recognition!

 

Renegade Race #1

The Trailblazer Fitness Race - Sunday May 17, 2026

Come join us for the exhilarating Trailblazer Fitness Race, a challenge designed to showcase your hard work and determination.

This event will cover approximately 2.5 total miles and will take racers around the scenic Mt. Hope Reservoir twice, featuring five fitness stations per lap. Gravel roads,  mud, and rolling single track will test your speed and trail running ability. In addition, fitness stations will consist of pushups, sit-ups, plyometric jumping, reverse lunges and farmer carries, pushing your full-body fitness to the max.  

For those seeking an even greater challenge, test out the ruck division. Men must wear a 30 lb. ruck and women a 20 lb ruck. Please note, weighted vests or plate carriers are not permitted, it must be a backpack.

Mark your calendars! The race will be held on Sunday, May 17, 2026. Registration opens at 8:30 AM and racing begins at 10 AM at the Mt. Hope Reservoir Park, located on Mt. Hope Avenue in Oneida, NY 13421.

The entry fee is $40 for participants aged 19 and older, and $25 for those age 14 -18. 

As a sign of our appreciation, retired and current military, along with current first responders will receive a $5 discount.

Please register using the link below. All entry fees will be collected at check in on the morning of the race. We will only be accepting cash. 

Come ready to race!

 

 

Participants will be doing 30 repetitions of each of the body weight exercises per lap. The farmers carry will be approximately 150 yards per lap.

Our exercise movement standards:

Zones 1/6. Hand Release Push Ups - Start with chest, abdomen, and thighs resting on ground and palms of hands/fingers not touching the ground. Next, hands/palms push into the ground as the athlete rises up to a straight arm - locked elbow position - with only the hands and feet touching the ground. From here the athlete returns to the grounded starting position to finish 1 repetition. 

Zones 2/7. Farmers Carry. Racers will grab one weighted object in each hand from the matted area at the beginning of the zone and carry them both down the hill to the turn around point, then back up the hill to the matted area. The weighted objects must be placed gently and carefully back on the matted area in an upright position to ensure that they don't break or spill. Breaking or spilling of a weighted object will be penalized by having the racer re-do the farmers carry zone with two intact weighted objects before proceeding. 

Zones 3/8. Alternating Reverse Lunges. Athletes will start in an upright standing position (with full hip and knee extension) feet side by side, then one leg will step backwards until that back knee is touching the ground/mat. The back leg is then brought forward to return to the fully upright starting position with both feet touching the ground simultaneously side by side, before the other leg initiates the next repetition. 

Zones 4/9 Bent legged Sit Ups. Racers start from a seated position with legs bent and feet touching the ground. The movement is initiated by leaning back until the entire back and shoulder blades are touching the ground/mat and both hands are touching the ground/mat above the top of the head. Athletes will then sit up completely - torso should create approximately a 90 degree angle with the ground - and touch both hands to the ground between the feet completing the rep. Note, rucksack racers will take off their rucks in this zone only. 

Zones 5/10 Lateral Top Switch Plyometric Jumps. (Tentatively) Athletes will start the movement by facing 90 degrees to the elevated wooden beam to be jumped and with the closest foot on top of the beam. The athletes will then push off both feet sideways, with the foot that was on top of the beam landing on the ground on the opposite side, and the foot that was previously on the ground landing on top of the beam. This completes 1 repetition.

Note: Their will be a handful of volunteer judges in each zone (and along the trail) to help ensure race fairness (no reps) and for safety reasons.  Each participant is expected to count their own repetitions  - OUT LOUD - so that the volunteer judges, spectators, and other competitors within a reasonable earshot distance can hear what rep you are on. This vocal counting rule is to keep athletes accountable. Racers are expected to compete with pride and honor - to do all the reps fully and correctly and to the best of their ability. Taking short cuts, skipping reps, or "gaming" the rules is not what Renegade Conditioning Systems believes in!