Race planning
Plan Chartreuse Backyard Ultra
Use the listed edition as your starting point. Each tool keeps imported race facts separate from the targets and assumptions you choose.
This is a past edition. These details are for reference; confirm a future edition before making a plan.
Edition notes: The 2026 race started at noon on Friday, October 30 and ended late on Saturday, October 31, when Baptiste Dugue finished yard 36 (241.416 km) after Christophe Louet stopped at 35. The 2026 results use 6.706 km per yard; the rules give 6.704 km. The organizer’s home page labels the race “Bronze event – 2027 Silver Ticket” and still quotes a 308 km Chartreuse record, which is Christian Mauduit’s 46 yards from 2020; the organizer’s own 2022 results show 56 yards (375.536 km). Yards completed here count toward Big’s At-Large list, which takes the best results between August 16, 2025 and August 15, 2027.
- Listed edition
- Oct 30, 2026 – Oct 31, 2026
- Format
- Backyard Ultra
- Distance
- 6.706 km every hour
- Local start time
- 12:00 PM (noon) Friday, October 30; bib pickup from 10:00 AM at the municipal gymnasium
- Duration / cutoff
- Each 6.706 km yard must be finished within the hour, and runners must be in the start corral when the next yard starts, with signals 3, 2 and 1 minutes before. No late starts and no fixed overall finish. The winner is the last runner to complete one more yard than everyone else; if nobody does, there is no winner.
- Crew and pacers
- Crews can help as much as they like in the gymnasium but may not enter the start corral or help on the course. No pacers, and eliminated runners may not run with those still racing. In 2025, Anthony Fauvi was still with Sonia Poutrel on Sunday morning when he had to stop because his crew handed him a watch he had left behind, which counts as outside help (Lyon Capitale).
- Drop bags
- Check the current race rules
Recorded facts reviewed Nov 7, 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.
Gear checklist
Start with the matching format checklist. Add the organizer’s mandatory gear.
Crew & drop bags
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.