Race planning

Plan Summit 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 21, 2026
Format: Backyard Ultra
Distance: 4.17 mi every hour
Local start time: 8:00 AM Saturday, November 21, 2026, per the organizer's schedule (RunSignup lists 7:00 AM). Packet pickup is race morning only, 6:00 to 7:30 AM, and the optional briefing runs 7:30 to 7:45 AM.
Duration / cutoff: Each 4.17-mile yard must be finished within 60 minutes, a minimum pace of 14:23 per mile, and runners must be inside the corral before the next start, with warnings at 3, 2 and 1 minutes. No late starts. There is no fixed finish: the last person to complete a lap wins.
Crew and pacers: No pacers. Crews work from the transition area at Colt Elementary. Setup opens at 5:00 PM on Friday, first come, first served, with a roped-off area near the corral reserved for "Past Champions and Bronze Ticket Qualifiers".
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.