BIGFOOT BACKYARD ULTRA SERIES
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"No Finish Line. Only the Last One Standing."
Welcome to India’s wildest test of endurance.
The BigFoot Backyard Ultra Series is not just a race—it’s a ritual.
Across 7 cities. 7 races. 1 brutal format. You vs. the loop. Until there’s no one left but you.
Inspired by the legendary Gary “Laz” Cantrell’s Big’s Backyard Ultra, this Last Runner Standing format redefines what it means to go the distance. There’s no stopwatch chasing you—just the clock and your own will.
Eight Cities. Endless Loops.
Step into the arena of the Backyard Ultra Series across India. Each city brings its own terrain, its own weather, and its own test of resilience.
Here’s your 2025-26 calendar of pain and glory:
CHANDIGARH EDITION
Welcome to Chandigarh’s Own Backyard!
The Chandigarh edition of the BigFoot Backyard Ultra Series brings the unforgiving format of Last Man Standing to the edge of the Shivalik Hills. Designed with both challenge-seekers and strategy-lovers in mind, this race features multiple categories:
Backyard 4
Backyard 8
- Backyard Ultra (Last One Standing)
The fixed-hour categories offer attainable goals for runners testing the format, while the signature format holds nothing back: one loop, every hour, until only one runner remains.
PUNE EDITION
The Backyard Comes to Pune — With a Western Ghat Twist
The Pune edition of the BigFoot Backyard Ultra Series brings the Last Man Standing format to the rugged trails of the Sahyadris. At once brutal and beautiful, it’s a loop-based war of attrition where strategy is as important as stamina.
Choose your battle:
Backyard 4
Backyard 8
- Backyard Ultra (Last One Standing)
These hour-based versions let you taste the format, while the signature ultra offers no finish line—only one winner.
AHMEDABAD EDITION
Welcome to Gujarat’s Backyard Arena
This is the Backyard Ultra — but not the kind you stroll through. The dry wind, the hard dirt, the deceptive simplicity of the trail. It’s all designed to fool you into thinking this will be easy. It won’t.
Choose your reckoning:
Backyard 4
- Backyard 8
Backyard 15
Backyard 24
Backyard Ultra (Last One Standing)
These aren’t just numbers — they’re hours you’ll be asked to show up, loop after loop, until you either break or break through.
BHOPAL EDITION
Lush, Green, and Relentless — The Central India Challenge
Don’t let the beauty fool you. The trail may be scenic, but the pain is real. With a loop that runs along forested paths and brushes the edge of Bhopal’s iconic lakes, this is Central India’s test of endurance like no other.
Your options to embrace the madness are
Backyard 4
- Backyard 8
Backyard 15
Backyard 24
Signature Backyard Ultra (Last One Standing)
Each format gives you a taste of hell in paradise — and a chance to find the wild runner within.
KOLKATA EDITION
The East Indian Grind — Wetlands, Willpower, and War
This isn’t a polished park jog. This is a raw, humid battlefield tucked in the green lungs of the city. With soft trail underfoot and marshland breeze in your face, each loop is a slow boil of endurance.
Choose your poison:
Backyard 4
- Backyard 8
Backyard 15
Backyard 24
Signature Backyard Ultra (Last One Standing)
Each format dares you to play with time — and pay the price with your legs.
MUMBAI EDITION
The City That Never Sleeps Is About to Run Until It Drops
Expect red mud, twisted roots, and the raw edge of nature — all inside the city limits.
Mumbai brings that unique mix of urban grit and natural gnarl. It’s humid. It’s humid again. And then it’s personal.
Pick your poison.
Backyard 4
- Backyard 8
Backyard 15
Backyard 24
Signature Backyard Ultra – Last One Standing
Whether you want to dance for 8 hours or go till the sun forgets your name — we’ve got your category.
JAIPUR EDITION
Rugged Royalty : You’ll Have to Fight to Stay
We’ve carved a 6.7 KM loop in the ancient arms of the Aravalli range, blending dusty desertscape, thorny scrub trails, and dry rock underfoot.
It’s not lush. It’s not kind. It’s not easy.
It’s raw Rajasthan. And it will burn the weakness out of you.
Pick your loop poison:
Backyard 4
- Backyard 8
Backyard 15
Backyard 24
Backyard Ultra
BENGALURU EDITION
Where Tech City Meets Primal Grit
This is not your regular Sunday jog down MG Road.
This is Bengaluru Backyard Ultra — an unfiltered, wild, and relentless looped showdown where the only algorithm that matters is survival.
A 6.7 km loop set at the base of Nandi Hills, featuring a blend of red-dirt trail, shaded tree lines, rolling grassland, and old rock paths.
Sometimes cloudy, sometimes blazing — always unpredictable.
Choose your format and pick your fight:
Backyard 8
- Backyard 4
Backyard 15
Backyard 24
Backyard Ultra
What Makes This Series Brutal?
- No Finish Line: There’s no medal waiting after a set number of kilometers. The race ends only when everyone else gives up.
- DNF for All: Even if you run 100 miles—if you’re not the last runner, it’s a DNF.
- Silver & Bronze Tickets: Compete for a chance to qualify for Big’s Backyard Ultra World Championship via Silver or Bronze ticket pathways. Details on each city page.
- Runners from All Realms: From first-timers testing their first 4 loops to veterans clocking 30+ hours—this is your arena.
- Wildly Different Challenges: Different terrains, climates, altitudes, and cities—every event has a personality of its own.
Experience the Backyard Culture
Each event brings the authentic Backyard vibe—where runners nap in chairs, crews refuel like pit stops, and the line between camaraderie and competition blurs under the stars.
Every venue includes:
- Well-marked 6.706 KM loop
- Starting corral with countdown & bell
- Basic hydration & nutrition station
- Camp space for tents and crews
- DNF Mementos for every runner who doesn’t win (that’s everyone but one!)
Register Early. Survive Late.
Each race has limited slots. Each loop demands everything.
Click into your city, book your pain, and show up ready to outlast.
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