Big's Backyard Ultra

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Big's Backyard Ultra
StatusActive
Genre Trail racing
Date(s)October
FrequencyAnnually
Location(s) Bell Buckle, Tennessee, U.S.
Inaugurated2011
FounderLazarus Lake

Big Dog's Backyard Ultra, often simply referred to as 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]

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Past results

YearWinner [2] LapsAssistNotes
2011Tim Englund18Dave Carver
2012Joe Fejes28Marcy Beard
2013Tim Englund35Keith Knipling
2014(no winner)49Johan Steene / Jeremy EbelBoth runners dropped out after 49 loops. [a]
2015(race not held)
2016Babak Rastgoufard29Andy Pearson
2017Guillaume Calmettes59Harvey Lewis
2018 Johan Steene [4] 68Courtney Dauwalter
2019Maggie Guterl [5] 60William HaywardFirst female winner.
2020 Courtney Dauwalter [6] 68Harvey LewisU.S. winner. [b]
2021 Harvey Lewis [7] 85Chris Roberts
2022Piotr Chadovich [8] 76Harvey Lewis
2023 Harvey Lewis [9] 108Ihor VerysWorld record. [10]
2024Scott Snell [11] 88Megan EckertFemale world record. [12]
  1. ↑ When Steene dropped out to catch his flight back to Sweden, Ebel chose to drop out as well. [3]
  2. ↑ 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

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. ↑ "Backyard Stats" . Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  3. ↑ Pearson, Andy (October 25, 2017). "Big's Backyard Ultra: A Race With No End". Trail Runner magazine. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Big's Backyard Ultra, 10/20/2018-10/25/2018". my.raceresult.com. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  5. ↑ "Big's Backyard Ultra, 10/19/2019-10/25/2019". my.raceresult.com. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  6. ↑ "Big's Backyard Ultra, 10/17/2020-10/23/2020". my.raceresult.com. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ Mock, Justin (October 24, 2022). "This Week In Running: October 24, 2022". irunfar.com. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  9. ↑ "Big's Backyard Ultra, 10/21/2023-10/25/2023". my.raceresult.com. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  10. ↑ Brady, Sarah (2023-10-25). "2023 Big Dog's Backyard Ultra Results: Harvey Lewis Wins After 108 Hours, 450 Miles of Running". iRunFar. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  11. ↑ "Big's Backyard Ultra, 10/19/2024-10/22/2024". my.raceresult.com. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
  12. ↑ "Superstar Meg Eckert Crushes Ultra Running Race with World-Record". Adventure On SI. 2024-11-08. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
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