Big's Backyard Ultra
Big's Backyard Ultra is the original backyard ultra, invented by Gary "Lazarus Lake" Cantrell of Bell Buckle, Tennessee. Participants run a 4.167-mile loop every hour, and are eliminated if they fail to complete a loop in an hour. The path of the loop is on trails during the day and along a road after dark. The distance of each loop is equal to 100 divided by 24, so that a competitor runs 100 miles for a full day of competition. There is no predefined finish. The winner is the competitor who completes a loop that no other competitors complete. If no competitor outlasts every other competitor, there is no winner.[1]
| Big's Backyard Ultra | |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Trail racing |
| Date(s) | October |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Location(s) | Bell Buckle, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Inaugurated | 2011 |
| Founder | Lazarus Lake |
| Most recent | 2021 |
| Website | bigsbackyardultra |
Past results
| Year | Winner [2] | Laps | Assist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Tim Englund | 18 | Dave Carver | |
| 2012 | Joe Fejes | 28 | Marcy Beard | |
| 2013 | Tim Englund | 35 | Keith Knipling | |
| 2014 | (no winner) | 49 | Johan Steene / Jeremy Ebel | Both runners dropped out after 49 loops.a |
| 2015 | (race not held) | |||
| 2016 | Babak Rastgoufard | 29 | Andy Pearson | |
| 2017 | Guillaume Calmettes | 59 | Harvey Lewis | |
| 2018 | Johan Steene | 68 | Courtney Dauwalter | Results |
| 2019 | Maggie Guterl | 60 | William Hayward | Results |
| 2020 | Courtney Dauwalter | 68 | Harvey Lewis | U.S. winner.b Results |
| 2021 | Harvey Lewis[3] | 85 | Chris Roberts |
- a.^ When Steene dropped out to catch his flight back to Sweden, Ebel chose to drop out as well.[4]
- b.^ In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic precluded international competitors from travelling to Tennessee, so the race was replaced by satellite events in various countries; the world title winner was Karel Sabbe in Belgium, with 76 laps.[1]
See also
References
- Goulding, Justin (21 April 2021). "Big Dog's Backyard Ultra: The toughest, weirdest race you've never heard of". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
- "Backyard Stats". Retrieved March 28, 2020.
- Potter, Alex (2021-10-20). "Harvey Lewis is the Last Person Standing at the 2021 Big Dog's Backyard Ultra". iRunFar. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
- Pearson, Andy (October 25, 2017). "Big's Backyard Ultra: A Race With No End". Trail Runner magazine. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
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