Blenheim Trail Runners Presents - Crush The Vernon - V2

Name: Blenheim Trail Runners Presents - Crush The Vernon - V2
Start: 2025-10-25T20:00:00+13:00
End: 2025-10-26T03:00:00+13:00
Location: Wither Hills Farm Park

Schedule

Sat, 25 Oct, 2025 at 08:00 pm to Sun, 26 Oct, 2025 at 03:00 am

UTC+13:00

Location

Wither Hills Farm Park | Blenheim, MA

The Second coming of the "Crush the Vernon" Vert Day is just around the corner, We had such a great time last time and its smack bang into the point where everyone needs elevation for events so i thought it would be silly not to bring it back!
"Crush the Vernon" is a couple of fun endurance challeges to get us up into the Wither Hills for a big vert day!
This event will push you to the red line, boasting both as much high-level uphill suffering as you can possibly endure whilst building a steady accumulation of regret over 6 hours on the trails.
It’s an event that's built to stretch the boundaries of what you think you can do uphill, but overall, it’s a chance to get out there and have some fun, whether solo or in a team. Whilst there is some faster efforts needed to come out on top of any of these “disciplines”, the aim of the game is just to get out there and enjoy yourself at whatever pace suits you.
The added extra this time is not only an extra hour, explained below, but the plan is to tie this into the elevation for a group effort for a BTR Everest Challenge, more details around this when I can get a team entry together, but really keen to try and pudh the limits of what has been done before.
Details:
Date: 26th October - Backup date is the week after
Time: 6am-1pm - (1 hr per week it too Hialry to conquer everest!)
Location: The Wither Hills, Basecamp: Sutherland Stream picnic area - this will be where we have the whiteboard & a bit of an "Aid station/Bag drop" situation going on.
Disciplines:
- "Vernon Vert Masters" Highest total elevation (solo/team) - pretty self explanatory, but between the hours of 6 am- 1pm any elevation in the Wither hills farm park accumulated within these hours on this day (solo or in a team) counts towards your total for the “Total Elevation” part of the challenge
- “Crush the Covenant” loop (solo/team) - Crush the covenant Loop is a 3.75km, 300m vert loop running from Sutherland Stream Picnic Area to the Mt Vernon Summit & then back down again, the loops can be run in whichever direction you would like, just be aware that this is a 2-way track and there will be a bit more traffic than you would usually see up on it. The aim of the game here is to get as many laps in as possible between 6 am-1pm; this will also count toward your elevation total for the "Vernon Vert Masters"
The Basics:
- This is an open event to anyone who wants to participate
- The event is open from 6am-1pm - any elevation in the Wither hills farm park accumulated within these hours on this day counts towards your total for the “Total Elevation” part of the challenge
- We will have a basecamp/aid station at the Sutherland stream picnic spot. This will be the hub for the meet-up and the start/finish line for the laps of “Crush the Covenant”.
- No minimum time, you can start whenever you like in the 6 am-1pm timeframe and go for as long as you would like.
-You can do as many laps/summits/cumulative elevation as you like/can within the timeframe.
- Teams - Teams can be between 2-5 people for the overall elevation challenge, and your total elevation will be your total accumulated. You will need to pre-register your team with Mikey before the day so that we can have you on the scoreboard.
- You will need to confirm your solo/teams total elevation with Basecamp by 1.30pm on the day, in person. If you are unable to do this for whatever reason, you will need to confirm and prove details via message or screenshots so we can add them to the total tally.

Who's up for some hills?

Disclaimer
We at Blenheim Trail Runners don’t see ourselves as event organisers and as such, do not have any consent or insurance; we deem this as a “Club Meet-up”.
With that, the expectation is that you are 100% responsible for yourself and take part at your own risk.
Be aware, as this isn't a formal event, there won't be any official timekeeping, marshals or trail markers. There will be DIY DIY-type whiteboard to note down your shared laps & elevation, and we will provide details via trail maps for the “Crush the Covenant” loop.
We are unable to provide any/can not be held responsible for: Urgent medical attention (we will however, assist wherever possible, there will be a first aid kit at base camp), nutrition, hydration ( there is public access throughout the hills and in two points on the “crush the Covenant” loop), the condition of the trail on the day or the weather.