The Blue 2 Blue Challenge
Sat, Sep 26
|West Rock Playground
I'm just going to say it out loud: CT's hardest 50k, hands down.


Time & Location
Sep 26, 2020, 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
West Rock Playground, 495 Blake St, New Haven, CT 06515, USA
About The Event
This race is a Graduate Level run, meaning you will be on some of CT's most technical and gnarly trails: first the Regicides (West Rock's "Blue" trail) and then The Quinnipiac Trail (another of CT's famed Blue trails). Hence, the Blue 2 Blue Challenge. There's 6,550 feet of climbing and the majority of it is extremely technical. Yes, 32.9 miles is more than a 50k. Deal with it.
Course description: this is an out-and-back starting at West Rock Playground in New Haven, starting up the Westville Feeder Trail then spitting you on to the Regicides for about 7+ miles of some of the gnarliest, rockiest trail you can imagine. Then, the fun really starts as you climb up High Rock to the intersection of the Q Trail. You will follow blue blazes down to the first aid station at Brooks Rd, then climb up to Mad Mare Ridge before a…