Pursuit of the Impossible
Tag: manchester backyard ultra
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13 June 2026. Giants Seat Scout Camp, Radcliffe. My third crack at the Manchester Backyard Ultra and the one that possibly taught me the most. If you’ve never done a Backyard Ultra before, here’s the short version: everyone lines up at the same start line, runs a 4.16-mile loop, and has to be back before…
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The backyard ultra race has been around for nearly 14 years now, after the first one being held in 2011 in Tennessee. Invented by the famous endurance race designer Gary ‘Lazarus Lake’ Cantrell, who invented one of the toughest races on the planet, the Barkley Marathons. The backyard ultra has been growing steadily in the…