What is a backyard ultra?
The backyard ultra involves competitors running 6.71km on the hour every hour until the last person is standing. Competitors that don’t complete a lap within 1 hour or are not in the starting corral for the start of the next lap are recorded as DNF (Did Not Finish). The winner is the last person to complete a lap when all others have given up.
The atmosphere of the event village is what sets a backyard ultra apart from any other event. The buzz of starting and finishing another lap is always uplifting. Every runner is celebrated as a winner, lap after lap until you find your limit. Every lap provides the opportunity for personal greatness. The loudest cheer won’t be for the last person standing, it will be for the runner that needs to sprint towards the starting corral with seconds to spare and then turns around for just one more lap, that’s the experience we all want to be a part of!
Are you excited to test your limit?
