From mentally quitting in the chair to winning in it. It’s been a couple of weeks since I crossed the line as last person standing at the Solace Performance Backyard Ultra. Only now has life and work loosened their grip enough to let me sit down and actually write about it. That delay feels fitting,…
The first race of my 2026 season is in the books, the Yellow Belly Backyard Ultra, set deep in the rolling farmland of the Lincolnshire Wolds. True to Backyard Ultra style, the beauty of the landscape is only half the story; the rest is a mental and physical grind of patience, pacing, and holding your…