Renegade Race #2

The Trailblazer Hybrid Fitness Trail Race - Sunday October 18, 2026

This fun Autumn event will cover approximately 2.5 total miles and will take individual racers around the scenic Mt. Hope Reservoir twice, featuring five fitness zones per lap. Teams competitors will do a single lap each. Gravel roads, mud, hills and single track will test your endurance and trail running ability, while the exercise zones will challenge your grit and overall strength.  

Mark your calendars! The race will be held on Sunday, October 18, 2026. Registration opens at 8:30 AM and first wave of racing begins at 10 AM at the Mt. Hope Reservoir Park, located on Mt. Hope Avenue in Oneida, NY 13421.

Preregister using the link below to join us for this new and challenging event. The individual entry fee is $30 (plus fees) for participants aged 16 and older. Entry fee for the team division is $60 (plus fees). On the day of the race, we will only be accepting cash at the registration tent - individuals $40 and teams $80. Please register using the link below the exercise descriptions. 

Participants will be doing 20 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 5/10. 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.  

Zones 4/9. Farmers Carry. Racers will grab 2 one gallon jugs 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. 

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 2/7 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.

Zones 1/6 Lateral Top Switch Plyometric Jumps. Athletes will start the movement sideways to the wooden beam to be jumped with the closest foot on top of the beam. The athletes will then push off laterally, 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. 

Note: 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. 

Sign up today! Click the link below. Simply fill in the form below to save $10 per person on race day.