Race planning

Plan Arrowtown Backyard Ultra

Use the listed edition as your starting point. Each tool keeps imported race facts separate from the targets and assumptions you choose.

Listed edition: Nov 7, 2026
Format: Backyard Ultra
Distance: 6.71 km every hour
Local start time: 9:00 AM Saturday, November 7 (NZDT)
Duration / cutoff: Each 6.71 km yard must be finished within the hour; no fixed overall finish. Runners not in the starting corral for the next yard are recorded as DNF. Warning sounds go off 3, 2 and 1 minutes before each start, but are quieter between 8:00 PM and 8:00 AM because of noise restrictions. If no runner completes one more yard than everyone else, there is no winner.
Crew and pacers: All support must be given in the event village between yards; runners may not take food or drink during a yard, including just after the start. Supporters and eliminated runners may not go on the course. No pacing, and no trekking poles or other artificial aids.
Drop bags: Check the current race rules

Recorded facts reviewed Oct 20, 2026. Check the organizer’s latest rules. Calendar downloads use all-day dates and do not set a starting alarm.

Pace & duration

Choose a distance target. Choose a planning duration; this race has no single recorded time limit to import.

Start with the matching format checklist. Add the organizer’s mandatory gear.

Bring across the race name. Add confirmed access points, distances and your own arrival estimates.

Planning hourly yards? Use the backyard calculator for loop pace and time between starts.