Race planning

Plan Dead Cow Gully 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.

Listed edition: May 30, 2026 – Jun 2, 2026
Format: Backyard Ultra
Distance: 6.706 km every hour
Local start time: 7:00 AM Saturday, Queensland time. The 2026 race started on Saturday, May 30. The first race in 2021 started at 7:00 AM on Sunday, May 2, after its COVID postponement.
Duration / cutoff: Each 6.706 km yard must be finished within the hour, and runners must be on the start line when the next yard begins, with warning bells at three, two and one minutes. A runner who misses either is out, as is anyone who retires. There is no fixed finish: the race runs until one runner is left. That took 66 hours in 2026 and 119 hours in 2025.
Crew and pacers: Crews are welcome but must share their runner’s campsite, because space is limited. Between yards runners use whatever is left of the hour to eat, drink, change and use the toilet before the next start.
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.