BigFoot Backyard Ultra — Bengaluru

The biggest field the series had seen — thirty-five runners in Bengaluru — and the deepest fight. Thoudam Opendro Singh took it to 29 yards, roughly 194 km on foot over 29 unbroken hours.

Standing with him to the very end: Ashwini Ganapathi, whose 28 yards stand as India’s women’s backyard mark — 187.6 km, the last runner to fall and the reason Thoudam had to go out alone for his 29th. An assist that is also a national benchmark.

Remember Thoudam’s name. He would come back to this city a year on and raise his own bar again.