Race planning
Plan Dizzy Horse Backyard Ultra
Use the listed edition as your starting point. Each tool keeps imported race facts separate from the targets and assumptions you choose.
Edition notes: The fifth edition, and the first in January: the four earlier races were held in December from 2022 to 2025. Registration is open on RunSignup until January 6, 2027, with 76 of 110 places left on October 20. The 2025 race sold out. Big's race page lists the category as "Bronze", and the organizer's text there says Dizzy Horse "is a Bronze Qualifier that feeds into the Banana Slug Silver Qualifier". The organizer's site adds that the winner "on odd years" gets a paid, guaranteed entry into a Silver Qualifier. The organizer gives about 50 ft of climb per lap; Big's listing says 80 ft.
- Listed edition
- Jan 8, 2027
- Format
- Backyard Ultra
- Distance
- 4.167 mi every hour
- Local start time
- 10:00 AM Mountain Time, Friday, January 8, 2027
- Duration / cutoff
- Each 4.167-mile loop must be completed within the hour, and runners must be in the corral when the top-of-hour bell rings, with warnings at 3, 2 and 1 minutes. The race is open-ended. The "Last Horse Standing" must complete one more loop than the assist, or there is no winner. Loops are not officially timed; results are counted in completed loops.
- Crew and pacers
- No pacers and no crew help on course, which includes going out on or near the course to cheer. Crew can help between loops. In the general indoor area, crews may use only the chairs set up for their runner, and the organizer recommends one or two crew per runner for the first hours. Deluxe aid food and the bathrooms are open to crew and the public only from the top of each hour until the half hour.
- 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.
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.