This is pretty wild.
Keji’s Backyard Ultra wrapped up this past weekend at Kejimkujik National Park, and if you’re like me, you might not have even known what a “backyard ultra” was until now.
Let me tell you… it’s intense.
What is a backyard ultra?
It’s one of the simplest race formats you’ll ever hear about but one of the craziest and hardest!
Here’s how it works:
- Runners complete a 6.7 km loop
- They have one hour to finish it
- Every hour, on the hour, they go again
- Finish early? You rest until the next loop
- Don’t finish in time? You’re out
- Show up late for the next start? You’re out
And this keeps going… hour after hour… day into night… sometimes into the next day… until only one runner is left! I would last maybe 2 hours!
This year it when on for 39 hours!
Nick Richards was the winner this year for the second year in a row. He was able to finish 39 yards or laps! That is wild! Congratulations!
If you think that sounds dreadful this one will really knock your socks off! Capes 100 is another extreme race that takes place later this summer in Mabou!
There’s a wait list for that one so good luck!
