Backyard Ultra race recaps, reviews, interviews and more.
Stephen Cousins - Film My Run
Stephen is the creator & host of the youtube channel 'Film My Run', which is a great resource for all things running. This Saturday Suffolk Backyard Ultra begins, featuring some of Europes best ultra runners. Stephen will be there from beginning to end hosting the livestream which can be viewed here: www.youtube.com/@FilmMyRun
Do 30.05.2024
62 : 46 min
Megan Eckert
Megan ran in her first Backyard Ultra in January at Saguaro Showdown and proved herself to be a natural at the format. Not only did she finish as the Last One Standing, but she also earned a Silver Ticket on to team USA to run at Satellite World Championships in October. Her 65 yard performance at Seguaro Showdown is the fourth highest total by a woman of all time.
Di 23.04.2024
63 : 34 min
Tim Walsh - Dead Cow Gully 2024
In June last year Dead Cow Gully found itself the talk of the Backyard Ultra World when Phil Gore ran a world record 102 yards. It's exciting to see the return of Dead Cow Gully Backyard Ultra on the 4th May and race director Tim Walsh came on to talk all about it.
Mo 22.04.2024
71 : 15 min
Aaron Young - Does Ultra
Aaron is going from strength to strength as an endurance athlete and BYU runner. Last year he came 18th in the World at the Backyard Ultra World Championships at Bigs when he ran for 75 yards. Aaron has a big 2024 planned and started recently with a win in the Delirious West 200 miler.
Mi 27.03.2024
84 : 35 min
Johan Botha
Johan ran his first Backyard ultra at Hysterical Carnage in 2021. He has run in five backyards since and was the assist in his last two. Johan's most recent race was at Herdys where he ran a PB of 52 yards which earned him a place on the Australian At-Large list.
Fr 22.03.2024
74 : 18 min
Tim Kacprzak
Tim has had an amazing 12 months of running in Backyard Ultras. Last year he ran 51 yards at Herdys, 55 yards at The Masters at Dead Cow Gully and then rounded things off by running 60 yards at Bigs. Last week Tim earned himself a silver ticket into the Australian BYU team by finishing as the Last One Standing at Mirrim Wurnit in some of the toughest conditions possible.
Fr 15.03.2024
69 : 18 min
Adam Keen
Adam Keen ran in New Zealands first ever Backyard Ultra back in 2019 where he finished as the assist. He has run in six backyard ultras since, including finishing as the New Zealand Champion in 2020. Last year Adam was present from beginning to end at The Masters at Dead Cow Gully as well as Bigs, both world record breaking races. Adam is a running coach and his website is: www.aerobicedge.com
Di 27.02.2024
92 : 09 min
Eric - Rasselbock BYU
Eric Keeler is the man behind 'Rasselbock Running' and organise's a whole range of running events in the UK. This weekend is the second year of the Rasselbock Backyard Ultra, the first silver ticket event of the year in the UK. Eric came on to talk Backyard Ultra's and the race going down this weekend.
Mo 26.02.2024
46 : 10 min
Joel Sexton
Joel is a familiar face to many around the Backyard Ultra scene as a member Tim Kacprzak's crew. Joel is proving himself to be more than a handy runner himself, running 25 yards at No Time To Die last year and just recently he was the Last One Standing at MVP Backyard Ultra in a dominant performance.
Do 15.02.2024
68 : 26 min
Rhys Williams - The Rolling Pin
Rhys ran in three Backyard Ultra's in 2023, running over 30 yards twice. He ran 37 yards at Dead Cow Gully and in October he finished as the joint Last One Standing with Adam Fox when he ran 34 yards. Rhys also sports one of the best beards going around in the running game.
Do 08.02.2024
57 : 55 min
Rowan Cassidy - We've Gotcha BYU
Rowan loves running and has raced in QLD, NSW, VIC and New Zealand. He has run in three Backyard Ultra's, most recently at The Masters where he completed 32 yards. At the moment he is busy organising 'We've Gotcha Backyard Ultra', which is being run on the 10th March.
Di 06.02.2024
59 : 14 min
Jon Noll
Jon has been running ultra's since 2008. His last five races have all been Backyard Ultra's and his results are outstanding, finishing as the LOS at The Big Hill Bonk two years running and most recently running an amazing 98 yards at The World Championships at Bigs to finish seventh in the world.
So 14.01.2024
63 : 06 min
Gemma Gore
Gemma Gore has more experience crewing at backyard ultra's than pretty much anyone. She has crewed for Phil at all 10 of his backyard ultra's, including when he broke the world record at The Masters and when he ran 100 yards at The World Champs at Bigs.
Di 09.01.2024
92 : 15 min
Charles Bosveld
Charles is an experienced backyard ultra runner, having completed six events since his debut at Birdys in 2020. At his most recent race, Hysterical Carnage, Charles finished after successfully completing 38 yards. It was great having Charles on to hear about his running journey.
Di 02.01.2024
66 : 31 min
Thorleifur Thorleifsson - Thor
Thor currently holds the Iceland backyard ultra record with 50 yards which he ran at the The Race of Champions in Germany last year. Thor also ran at the Individual world championships at Bigs in 2023 where he ran for 27 hours.
Mo 01.01.2024
68 : 04 min
2023 BYU year in review
After an eventful year of Backyard Ultra running, Ben Nicholls, Tim Kacprzak & Mat Dube came on the podcast to talk about the 2023 BYU year.
Fr 22.12.2023
99 : 02 min
Rob & Jac Parsons
Rob Parsons is one of the best Backyard Ultra runners in the world, proven by his top 12 performance at Bigs in October when he completed 84 yards to place him eleventh overall. Jac has crewed for Rob at all his BYU's and is a huge factor in his success.
Mi 20.12.2023
72 : 32 min
Gaby Villa - intenseatfit
Gaby is a dietitian and sports nutritionist who specialises in endurance sports. In fact, Gaby had four of her athletes run at the Backyard Ultra Individual World Championship at Bigs just recently. In this podcast Gaby discusses a whole range of BYU nutrition topics and it was awesome.
Mo 04.12.2023
71 : 17 min
Frank Gielen - Frank the Tank
Frank qualified to run at the Backyard Ultra Individual World Championship at Bigs when he ran 67 yards for team Belgium last year. Frank ran an incredible race at Bigs completing 97 yards which positioned him 8th in the world.
Fr 01.12.2023
69 : 27 min
James Blanton Post Bigs
James Blanton ran 60 yards at Clint Eastwood which qualified him to run at the World Championships at Bigs two months later. James went on to run for 72 hours at Bigs, placing 23rd in the world and becoming only the fifth Australian to break the 72 hour mark in a Backyard Ultra.
Mo 13.11.2023
74 : 59 min
Phil Gore - Post Bigs
Phil recently ran at the Individual Backyard Ultra World Championships at Bigs Backyard in Tennessee where he ran an incredible 100 yards. In doing so he became the only person to have run 100 yards or more in a Backyard Ultra twice in a calendar year.
Di 07.11.2023
73 : 20 min
Ihor Verys
Ihor broke the world record for an assist in a Backyard Ultra just recently at Big's Backyard Ultra Individual World Championships when he ran for 107 hours. He is one of only eight people to have broken the 100 hour barrier and he did it in only his third Backyard.
So 05.11.2023
74 : 00 min
Bigs Backyard Stats Deep Dive
Tim Moffatt has been analysing the facts and figures from Bigs over the last few days and he came on do to a real deep dive into the stats and numbers behind Bigs Backyard Ultra 2023.
Fr 27.10.2023
119 : 03 min
Bigs 97 Yards in with Dom
Dom Halbert came on to talk about whats been going on at Bigs Backyard Ultra while we watched yard 97.
Mi 25.10.2023
61 : 34 min
Bigs 25 Yards in with Tim & Brad
Tim Moffatt and Brad Halls came on during Yard 25 to discuss what's gone down at Big's so far.
So 22.10.2023
70 : 27 min
Brendan Verrier
Brendan Verrier is an ultra runner from Alice Springs. In May this year Brendan broke the track record at the West Macs Standley Monster over 65km. A few months later he ran in his first Backyard Ultra at The Red Centre Wringer and finished as the Last One Standing.
Mo 16.10.2023
60 : 12 min
Bigs Preview with Justin and Dom
Justin Wright ran on team USA at last years BYU Sat Champs and Dom Halbert completed 30 yards at Suffolk BYU this year. They joined the podcast to preview Bigs 2023 which starts on the 21st October. We go through each runner and give our picks and predictions.
So 08.10.2023
81 : 30 min
Mark Sims
Mark has a real passion for Backyard Ultras. He ran in his first Backyard in 2020 at MVP and has improved his PB in each running of MVP since. Mark is a Type 1 Diabetic and it was really interesting and inspiring to hear his approach to Backyard Ultras.
Sa 23.09.2023
70 : 35 min
Adam McDonald - Search4hurt
Adam is the man behind the TV show 'Search4hurt'. Season 4 of Search4hurt is going to be ultra exciting as it is going to feature its contestants running at Mirrim Wurnit Backyard Ultra in March. The application process to be a contestant sounds like a lot of fun too.
Di 19.09.2023
69 : 50 min
Robbie Howse
Robbie is a race director and runner. He is the main man behind North Vic Backyard Ultra's and just over a week ago saw the second year running of his Backyard Ultra in Shepparton 'GV Last Man Standing'.
Mo 18.09.2023
55 : 27 min
Kevin ’Brick’ Heaton
When it comes to running ultra's Brick has almost done it all. He is adding race director to his running CV at the moment as he gears up to host Sydney's first Backyard Ultra, the inaugural 'Bricks Backyard Ultra'.
Do 14.09.2023
51 : 56 min
Margie Hadley
Margie is the Australian female Backyard Ultra record holder, she broke the record last year when she ran 47 yards for team Australia at the Satellite World Championships. Just recently she was the last one standing at Birdys Backyard when she ran 46 yards.
Fr 01.09.2023
54 : 17 min
Harvey Lewis
Harvey Lewis ran his first Backyard Ultra at Bigs in 2017. He was the Last One Standing at The World Championships at Bigs in 2021 when he ran 85 yards, which broke the world record at the time. Harvey also ran at The Backyard Masters at Dead Cow Gully this year when he ran 90 yards and he will be defending his world championship crown at Bigs this year in October.
Do 31.08.2023
68 : 00 min
HendrikBoury
Hendrik was the Last One Standing for team Germany at the Satellite World Champs last year, earning himself a golden ticket to Bigs. Also, he was recently the assist at Suffolk Backyard Ultra when he ran 81 yards, which places him 11th of all time.
Di 22.08.2023
52 : 05 min
David Patterson - Big Kev takeover.
After Patto ran 34 yards at Birdys Backyard Ultra a couple of weeks ago, Kevin 'Big Kev' Matthews came on to the podcast and turned the tables by asking Patto all the questions.
Mo 21.08.2023
95 : 57 min
Barry Keem & Red Barnett
The inaugural running of Reds Backyard Ultra was held just over a week ago. Barry Keem was the Last One Standing running 35 yards and Red Barnett was the race director. We had a great time talking about how the race was conceived, run and won.
Mo 14.08.2023
60 : 20 min
Chris Martin
Chris has run in five Backyard Ultra's and was part of the Australian team at the Satellite World Champs last year. This weekend he is running at Birdys Backyard Ultra. As well as running in the race he is also going to be creating a piece of artwork during the time he has spare between loops.
Mo 31.07.2023
70 : 17 min
Miguel Davila
Miguel is a race director from Venezuela and he is responsible for introducing the Backyard Ultra format to the country. So far Miguel and his team have organised 5 Backyard Ultra's including the Venezuelan leg that took part in the Satellite World Championships last year.
Di 25.07.2023
79 : 19 min
Liv Compton & Kirsty Ferguson
Liv and Kirsty are close friends and training partners from the 'Whitsundays' region in Northern QLD. They ran at the Australian Backyard Masters and were the last two females standing with Liv running 35 yards and Kirsty running 32.
Mo 17.07.2023
79 : 28 min
Aaron Young. Tim Kacprzak. Johan Botha.
Aaron (63 yards), Tim (55 yards) and Johan (43 yards) all ran PB's at the Australian Backyard Masters at Dead Cow Gully. They spent a lot of the race working together and formed a bond that made the race even more memorable.
Mi 05.07.2023
87 : 59 min
Ollie Kacprzak
Ollie earned his spot as a 'wildcard' entry at The Masters and he impressed everyone there by running for 15 hours (yards) which means he hit the 100km milestone. In this podcast Ollie talks about his running journey and experience at Dead Cow Gully.
So 02.07.2023
53 : 40 min
Phil Gore
Just last week Phil was the Last One Standing at The Australian Masters at Dead Cow Gully. Incredibly, Phil ran 684km in 102 hours which broke the previous world record. In this episode Phil came on and we discussed his record breaking performance.
Di 27.06.2023
78 : 56 min
Jennifer Russo
Jennifer broke the Female World Record recently at Capital BYU when she ran for 74 hours covering 496km. She has twice been a member of Team USA and is also going to be running in the Individual World Championship at Bigs later this year in October.
Mo 12.06.2023
60 : 03 min
Shaun Collins
Shaun Collins is a runner and Event Director from New Zealand. He is one of four people to successfully finish 'The Revenant' and set himself a personal challenge of running a 310km route around Auckland in 52 hours which he successfully completed. Shaun is running in his 3rd Backyard Ultra in just over a week when he runs at The Australian Masters at Dead Cow Gully.
Mi 07.06.2023
74 : 46 min
Sam Harvey
Sam is the Backyard Ultra national record holder in New Zealand with 46 yards. He is coming to The Masters at Dead Cow Gully next month where he has his eyes set on breaking the world record before he heads to the BYU World Championships in Tennessee.
Mo 22.05.2023
70 : 56 min
Andreas Klawitter
Andy has spent the last few years falling in love with running on his local trails and in late 2022 he ran his first 100km ultramarathon. Last week he ran for 30 hours (200km) at the BC Backyard Ultra. In this podcast he shares his backyard ultra story.
So 07.05.2023
58 : 18 min
Pam Muston
Since her ultra running journey started back in 2009, Pam has run in over 70 Ultra's. She recently ran in her first Backyard Ultra, GUMBY, and was the Last One Standing, becoming the 2nd female in Australia to do so.
Di 02.05.2023
62 : 41 min
James Blanton
James ran in his second Backyard Ultra at Dead Cow Gully recently and ran an excellent race finishing as the assist with 41 yards. In this podcast James came on to talk about how it all went down.
Mi 12.04.2023
70 : 16 min
Brad Halls
Brad loves Backyard Ultras. He ran his first backyard ultra at Birdys last year and went for 10 hours. A few months later he smashed his PB by running 25 hours at Herdys. In this podcast he explains how he did it.
So 09.04.2023
68 : 30 min
Dead Cow Gully 23 with Tim, Tammy and Rowan.
Dead Cow Gully Backyard Ultra is one of the most popular backyard ultra races on the Australian running calendar and its being run this weekend. Race director Tim Walsh came on with runners Tammy Wickham and Rowan Cassidy to talk all about it.
Mo 03.04.2023
77 : 51 min
Michael Bellmon
Michael Bellmon has run in 4 Backyard Ultras. In his most recent Backyard Ultra at Herdys he put on an incredible display when he ran 56 yards as the assist. This result has placed him on the At Large List to run in The BYU World Championships at Bigs later this year.
Mo 27.03.2023
45 : 02 min
Rob Parsons
Rob Parsons has been running Backyard Ultras for just over 12 months. His best result is when he ran 73 yards for team Australia at the Satellite World Champs last year. He is positioned high up on the At Large list to run at the Individual World Champs in Tennessee later this year.
Fr 24.03.2023
63 : 11 min
Herdys with Aaron, Big Kev, Rob, Phil & Jess
Aaron Young, Big Kev, Rob Parsons, Phil Gore and Jess Smith are some of the best Backyard Ultra Runners in Australia. In less than 2 weeks their local BYU 'Herdys' is being run so they came on to talk all about it.
Mo 06.03.2023
84 : 57 min
Lazarus ’Laz’ Lake
Lazarus Lake held the first ever Backyard Ultra on his property 2011. Since then the Backyard Ultra has grown into one of the most popular ultra running formats in the world. In this episode Laz came on to discuss where is all started to where it is today.
Mo 27.02.2023
63 : 05 min
Ross McLean
Ross McLean was the Last one Standing at the MVP Backyard Ultra in 2023, running 28 yards. In this podcast we discuss his running life and his recent win at MVP.
Mi 15.02.2023
47 : 38 min
Phil Ryan & Nick Kumar 2023 MVP BYU
Phil Ryan was the assist at the 2023 MVP Backyard Ultra running 27 yards. Nick Kumar was close behind with 26 yards. In this podcast Phil and Nick came on & relived their experiences from this awesome race.
Di 07.02.2023
57 : 28 min
MVP BYU with Ben, Mat & Tim
MVP BYU 2023 is just a few days away so Ben Nicholls, Mat Dube and Tim Kacprzak joined the podcast to look back and discuss their experience's at the MVP Backyard Ultra.
Mo 30.01.2023
58 : 24 min
Gaby Villa Backyard Ulta Nutrition
Gaby is a dietician and sports nutritionist. She has a lot of experience working with some of the best backyard ultra athletes in Australia and is a wealth of knowledge on the subject. Find her at intenseatfit.com and @intenseatfit on instagram.
Mo 16.01.2023
71 : 42 min
Aaron Young
Aaron made a big splash in the Backyard Ultra running scene in 2022. He ran 53 yards as the assist at Birdies helping to break the Australian record at the time. Aaron was also a member of the Australian team at the Satellite World Championships where he went for 48 yards he is currently on the At Large list to run at Big's this later this year.
Mo 09.01.2023
77 : 24 min
Tim Walsh & Nicole Jukes talk 2022
Tim Walsh from Dead Cow Gully and Nicole Jukes from BYU Australia join the podcast to discuss and recap the Backyard Ultra year of 2022 as well as looking ahead at whats to come in 2023.
Mi 21.12.2022
97 : 00 min
Holly Ranson
Holly Ranson recently ran 136.722 in the Goodrunnings 12hr race, breaking the Australian 12hr record. She was one of the LOS at Hysterical Carnage Backyard Ultra when she ran 30 yards and is a confirmed starter at the Australian Backyard Masters in June.
Mo 12.12.2022
67 : 00 min
John Yoon
John Yoon has represented Australia in the 24 hour running team twice. He has run two Backyard Ultra's, most recently for the Australian team in the Satellite world Championships where he ran 51 yards to help Australia finish 3rd on planet Earth.
Di 06.12.2022
45 : 01 min
Ivo and Merijn. Breaking 100.
Ivo Steyaert & Merijn Geerts share the Backyard Ultra world record, running for 101 hours for team Belgium at the Satellite world championships. On this podcast we discuss their remarkable achievement and a lot more.
Fr 25.11.2022
72 : 12 min
Scott Snell the Beast Coast Trail Runner
Scott Snell was the #4 seeded runner for team USA in the 2022 Satellite Backyard Ultra World Champs. He has won 4 Backyard Ultras and has run 60+ yards twice. Scott also has a running blog at beastcoasttrailrunning.com .
Do 17.11.2022
61 : 37 min
Kevin ’Big Kev’ Matthews
Big Kev has had a huge running year in 2022 and is about to run The Hysterical Carnage backyard ultra this weekend, just a week after running a 100 miler. So far, Big Kev has run 7 backyard ultra's, winning one and running as the assist in two. Check out Big Kev's website, runbkrun.com
Di 08.11.2022
69 : 35 min
Ryan Crawford the White Kenyan.
Ryan Crawford ran 75 yards and was the assist for the Australian team at the Satellite Backyard Ultra World Championships, helping to break the Australian record. Ryan called in for a chat and we discussed everything from Backyard ultra's to his diet, yoga and more.
Mi 02.11.2022
81 : 04 min
Old Mates recap with Josh Duff
Race Director Josh Duff called in to recap the Old Mates Backyard Ultra that was run last weekend.
Mi 02.11.2022
30 : 11 min
Phil Gore & Gemma Gore
Phil Gore was recently the Last One Standing in the Australian team at the Satellite Backyard Ultra World Champs, running 76 yards which works out to 509km in 76 hours. Gemma was part of his crew the whole time. Phil and Gemma Gore join the podcast to discuss his performance as well as other Backyard Ultra related things.
So 23.10.2022
61 : 00 min
Mirrim Wurnit Peter Munns & Peter Clarke
Co race directors Peter Clarke and Peter Munns join the podcast to discuss and preview the Backyard Ultra satellite World Championships that are being held on the weekend at Mirrim Wurnit.
Mo 10.10.2022
56 : 26 min
Ryan Crawford, Ben Nicholls, Mat Dube and Tim Kacprzak interview.
Four members of the Australian Backyard Ultra team call in for a chat. They are competing in the Backyard Ultra Satellite World Championships that begins on the 15th October 2022.
So 02.10.2022
1 : 07 min
Tim Walsh Dead Cow Gully
First ever episode of A Backyard Ultra Podcast. Special guest is Tim Walsh from Dead Cow Gully.
So 25.09.2022
83 : 00 min
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