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.
Edition notes: The sixth edition and the first under Perspective Pacing, which took over from Summit Trail Racing. Registration is open on RunSignup at $150 through October 23, then $175 until it closes at 11:59 AM on November 14; shirts are guaranteed only for entries by October 30. Start time: the organizer's race-day schedule (packet pickup 6:00 to 7:30 AM, briefing 7:30 to 7:45 AM, start 8:00 AM, no late starts) conflicts with the 7:00 AM event time on RunSignup. This page uses 8:00 AM, the time on the organizer's schedule and of every previous edition. RunSignup's November 21 to 26 date range is a booking window, not a set finish. The 2025 race was billed as a "2026 Silver Ticket Race". For 2026, neither the organizer nor Big's race page, which still shows the 2025 listing, gives a ticket level.
- 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. Under the backyard format, the last runner must complete one additional yard alone; if nobody does, there is no winner.
- 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.
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.