Race planning
Plan Smurf's 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 fourth Smurf’s Backyard Ultra ran from 7:00 AM on October 24, 2026, and ended on Sunday morning after 24 yards, when Murray Macpherson and Ben Sinnott stopped together and left the race without a winner. Kelly Romano was last woman standing with 23 yards.
- Listed edition
- Oct 24, 2026
- Format
- Backyard Ultra
- Distance
- 6.7 km every hour
- Local start time
- 7:00 AM Saturday, October 24 (backyard and Mini Backyard)
- Duration / cutoff
- One hour per yard. The main backyard continues until only one runner completes a yard.
- Crew and pacers
- Crews may help only in the event precinct between yards. Once a yard starts, runners cannot take anything from or hand anything to a crew, cannot stash supplies anywhere on the course (water stations included), and nobody may run or ride alongside them; outside assistance means disqualification. There are no pacers, trekking poles are banned, and only marshals and the race director may be on course besides runners. Crews and family can walk or run the loop during the Friday afternoon course recce.
- Drop bags
- Check the current race rules
Recorded facts reviewed Oct 25, 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.