Backyard Ultra Podcast

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.

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.  

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.