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Next weekend, the Red Dirt Backyard Ultra will be held for the first time in Karratha, Western Australia, as a Bigs affiliated event. Jamie Oborne, a local Karratha resident and experienced ultra runner, will be participating in the event. Jacs Homann, one of the Race Directors, has played a key role in organising the race. The Red Dirt Backyard Ultra will also mark the return of Phil Gore, who will be running his first BYU since Bigs last year.
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Ryan Crawford is one of Australia's best and most experienced Backyard Ultra Runners. In 2023 his best result was when he ran 60 yards at Clint Eastwood finishing with James Blanton and he was also the LOS at DCG and Glasshouse Standing. Most recently he ran at Dead Cow Gully where he was the assist when he ran for 68 yards.
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2024 is the year of the Backyard Ultra for Paul. So far this year Paul has already run in three Backyards Ultras, MVP, Herdys and Dead Cow Gully. Not only that, Paul is also the mastermind behind 'Wild Dog BYU' which will be kicking off for the first time on the 21st June.
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Stephen is the creator & host of the youtube channel 'Film My Run', which is a great resource for all things running. This Saturday Suffolk Backyard Ultra begins, featuring some of Europes best ultra runners. Stephen will be there from beginning to end hosting the livestream which can be viewed here: www.youtube.com/@FilmMyRun
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Megan ran in her first Backyard Ultra in January at Saguaro Showdown and proved herself to be a natural at the format. Not only did she finish as the Last One Standing, but she also earned a Silver Ticket on to team USA to run at Satellite World Championships in October. Her 65 yard performance at Seguaro Showdown is the fourth highest total by a woman of all time.
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In June last year Dead Cow Gully found itself the talk of the Backyard Ultra World when Phil Gore ran a world record 102 yards. It's exciting to see the return of Dead Cow Gully Backyard Ultra on the 4th May and race director Tim Walsh came on to talk all about it.
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Aaron is going from strength to strength as an endurance athlete and BYU runner. Last year he came 18th in the World at the Backyard Ultra World Championships at Bigs when he ran for 75 yards. Aaron has a big 2024 planned and started recently with a win in the Delirious West 200 miler.
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Johan ran his first Backyard ultra at Hysterical Carnage in 2021. He has run in five backyards since and was the assist in his last two. Johan's most recent race was at Herdys where he ran a PB of 52 yards which earned him a place on the Australian At-Large list.
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Tim has had an amazing 12 months of running in Backyard Ultras. Last year he ran 51 yards at Herdys, 55 yards at The Masters at Dead Cow Gully and then rounded things off by running 60 yards at Bigs. Last week Tim earned himself a silver ticket into the Australian BYU team by finishing as the Last One Standing at Mirrim Wurnit in some of the toughest conditions possible.
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Adam Keen ran in New Zealands first ever Backyard Ultra back in 2019 where he finished as the assist. He has run in six backyard ultras since, including finishing as the New Zealand Champion in 2020. Last year Adam was present from beginning to end at The Masters at Dead Cow Gully as well as Bigs, both world record breaking races. Adam is a running coach and his website is: www.aerobicedge.com
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Eric Keeler is the man behind 'Rasselbock Running' and organise's a whole range of running events in the UK. This weekend is the second year of the Rasselbock Backyard Ultra, the first silver ticket event of the year in the UK. Eric came on to talk Backyard Ultra's and the race going down this weekend.
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Joel is a familiar face to many around the Backyard Ultra scene as a member Tim Kacprzak's crew. Joel is proving himself to be more than a handy runner himself, running 25 yards at No Time To Die last year and just recently he was the Last One Standing at MVP Backyard Ultra in a dominant performance.
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Rhys ran in three Backyard Ultra's in 2023, running over 30 yards twice. He ran 37 yards at Dead Cow Gully and in October he finished as the joint Last One Standing with Adam Fox when he ran 34 yards. Rhys also sports one of the best beards going around in the running game.
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Rowan loves running and has raced in QLD, NSW, VIC and New Zealand. He has run in three Backyard Ultra's, most recently at The Masters where he completed 32 yards. At the moment he is busy organising 'We've Gotcha Backyard Ultra', which is being run on the 10th March.
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Jon has been running ultra's since 2008. His last five races have all been Backyard Ultra's and his results are outstanding, finishing as the LOS at The Big Hill Bonk two years running and most recently running an amazing 98 yards at The World Championships at Bigs to finish seventh in the world.
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Gemma Gore has more experience crewing at backyard ultra's than pretty much anyone. She has crewed for Phil at all 10 of his backyard ultra's, including when he broke the world record at The Masters and when he ran 100 yards at The World Champs at Bigs.
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Charles is an experienced backyard ultra runner, having completed six events since his debut at Birdys in 2020. At his most recent race, Hysterical Carnage, Charles finished after successfully completing 38 yards. It was great having Charles on to hear about his running journey.
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Thor currently holds the Iceland backyard ultra record with 50 yards which he ran at the The Race of Champions in Germany last year. Thor also ran at the Individual world championships at Bigs in 2023 where he ran for 27 hours.
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After an eventful year of Backyard Ultra running, Ben Nicholls, Tim Kacprzak & Mat Dube came on the podcast to talk about the 2023 BYU year.
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Rob Parsons is one of the best Backyard Ultra runners in the world, proven by his top 12 performance at Bigs in October when he completed 84 yards to place him eleventh overall. Jac has crewed for Rob at all his BYU's and is a huge factor in his success.
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