What the heck is a back yard ultra? Backyard Ultras are taking the trail running community by storm. Dreamed up by Lazarus Lake, of the Barkley Marathon (Netflix docco) fame, it consists of a 6.7km lap of a trail within an hour time limit. If you are back in the corral before an hour you can start another lap. If you don't come in within the time you DNF (did not finish). The winner is the last person lapping. You can't keep going if there is no one to race so the 2nd to last runner, to withdraw, gets the assist title. So this year Stuart Lynch completed 43 laps and his assist Caleb Pearson, could “only “manage 42 laps so Stuart took the title. The 6.7k distance is important because if you can complete 24 laps over 24 hours you have run 100 miles. It is also normally an easily achievable distance in an hour, even on the testing Riverhead course.
So, we have a meeting of the Adventure Magazine writers and the question is asked, “who is up for this one?” Being the “runner” I guessed that it was up to me. I was bribed with the
