BENGALURU
12 December 2026 · AgniTeja Farm Stay
The Green Deadline
CHOOSE YOUR DISTANCE
Every category runs the same loop, on the same bell, on the same day. They differ only in where they stop. Pick the one that's yours — what it costs is waiting for you at checkout.
A capped category is a finish, not a placing — you are a FINISHER at exactly its loop count, and completing the cap ends your race. Only the unbounded category has a winner.
THE FORMAT, IN BENGALURU
6.706 KM · 60 MIN · last runner standing.
Bengaluru gives you sixty minutes and a green place to spend them.
From AgniTeja Farm Stay, the backyard moves through the rural landscape off Kanakapura Road, with farm country, coconut plantations and village-road character shaping the chapter. It is mostly runnable, which means the first mistake will be available immediately: running more than you need to.
The arithmetic of a backyard is simple. Every hour you owe the race 6.706 kilometres. Whatever time remains after you return belongs to you.
You may eat, change, sit, repair something, close your eyes or reconsider your life choices.
The bell remains punctual.
At first, an hour feels enormous. Later, small things begin stealing pieces of it. A slower loop. A shoe change. A stomach problem. Five extra minutes walking where you used to run.
Nothing dramatic needs to happen.
That is one of the nicer features of the format. It can dismantle a runner using very small parts.
The course remains the same while your relationship with it changes. By night, familiar turns become measurements. The question is no longer whether you can finish this yard.
You probably can.
The better question is whether you are leaving enough of yourself to start the next one.
The green deadline arrives every hour.
It has never been late.
THE LOOP
Detailed course description coming soon.
The certified BENGALURU course, walked and GPX-mapped — goes live here 24 hours before the first bell.
THE STAKES
53K to whoever breaks the record on this loop.
₹53,000
To the last runner standing.
₹52,000
The runner whose last loop sent them out alone. The record is not possible without them, so they are paid almost the same.
CHAPTER BEST
BENGALURU — PAST EDITIONS
Every prior running of the Bengaluru chapter, with the result as the ledger recorded it.
INCLUDED, AND NOT
The same entry, in every city. Confirmed with the race director — if anything below changes for your chapter, the chapter page says so.
- Every loop timed at the desk, and a permanent entry in the BFAI ledger under your own runner ID
- Your finisher certificate, downloadable from your account once the result is signed off
- Race photographs from your chapter
- Aid at the corral every hour — water, electrolytes and light snacks. Cupless event, so carry your own bottle
- Meals at the venue, for you AND your crew
- Your race t-shirt
- Camping and tent space at the venue
- Travel to the city, and any stay away from the venue
- Your crew’s travel and their stay
- The race nutrition you personally run on — your gels, salts and on-loop food
- Mandatory gear: headlamp, reflective vest or tape, and hydration. Checked at sunset
- Anything you order at the venue that is not on the house
- The payment-gateway charge, which is not refundable even on a full refund — see the refunds policy
KIT, CREW AND THE CORRAL
Reporting 5:30 AM · First bell 7:00 AM
Detailed info coming soon.
Water, electrolytes, and light snacks at the single aid station at the Start/Finish — this is a cupless race, so bring your own hydration system. First aid on site.
Standard BFAI Backyard Ultra kit list. No changes for Bengaluru.
Detailed info coming soon.
THE GALLERY
THE BENGALURU JOURNAL
Writing about this chapter, and about the backyard in general.
OTHER CHAPTERS
BENGALURU is one of six. Same loop, same bell, different ground — see the rest of the season.
QUESTIONS, ANSWERED
The backyard, the bell, the DNF — the things every first-timer wants to know before they toe the line.
What is a backyard ultra?
A 6.706 km loop, run every hour on the hour, until one runner remains. No finish line, no fixed distance. The last runner standing is the only finisher — everyone else records a DNF.
Do I need to be an ultrarunner to enter?
No. Backyard 4 is designed as a first ultra. If you can run 6.7 km in an hour, four times, you're in the game.
Where does the 2026–27 season run?
Six chapters: Pune, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Mumbai. Same loop distance, same rules, same clock in every city.
How do I register?
Through the chapter page for each city. Registration opens city by city — the community hears the dates first.
What is the Indian backyard record?
52 yards — 52 loops, 52 hours, roughly 348 km — set by Sunil Sharma at Big's Backyard Ultra in Bell Buckle, Tennessee, in October 2024 — the longest last-one-standing run by any Indian. Ashwini Ganapathi holds the women's mark at 28 yards, set at our Bengaluru chapter.
What happens if I DNF?
You take home the exact number of the loop where you stopped, and a DNF memento. In a backyard, that's not failure — it's the receipt of a real attempt.
Can I walk?
Yes. Walking is strategy, not weakness. Many strong backyard runners walk parts of every loop.
THE BELL, BEFORE ANYONE ELSE
Dates, entry openings and the Bengaluru race report — sent when there is something real to say, and not otherwise.
TOE THE LINE IN BENGALURU
You do not have to be sure you can finish. Nobody is. You only have to answer the next bell.
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