Manoj Sundaram
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MANOJ SUNDARAM

Debut 2024

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61 yards across 3 cities — 409.1 km, and 61 hours of answering the bell. 17 of those hours were run in the dark.

MANOJ'S CORNER

THIS ONE'S YOURS

Every yard Manoj has earned, on one card with their name on it. Save it, share it, tag us and we'll put the good ones on our own feed.

ONLY MANOJ CAN SAVE THIS CARD

THE INDEX

THE YARDS

One yard is one 6.706 km loop, completed inside its hour. It is the only number this sport keeps, and it cannot be bought, rounded or estimated — a volunteer tapped every one of these in.

CAREER YARDS61
409.1kilometres61hours on the clock21deepest single hour51:38typical loop · 7:42 /km

That is 9.7 marathons, run one 6.706 km loop at a time — with a bell every hour to remind Manoj to stop and eat.

RACE BY RACE

THE SHAPE OF IT

A backyard career is not a straight line. Weather, sleep, a bad stomach at 2am and a good crew all show up in this graph, and so does every year of getting stronger.

16
BEST21
9
15
Pune2024
Mumbai2024▲ 5
Bengaluru2024▼ 12
Pune2026▲ 6
Yards per race, oldest first. Saffron marks a category completed; the line traces the same climb a second way, and the chip under each race is the move from the one before it.

1 fewer yards than their first bell in Pune. Backyard doesn't only move one direction, and neither does this graph.

THE DETAIL

WHAT THE LEDGER KEEPS

Not badges. Straight off the loop logs, on the night.

  • 4CHAPTERS RUN
  • 21BEST SINGLE RACE
  • 17HOURS IN THE DARK
  • 1CATEGORIES COMPLETED
  • 3DNFS
  • 45:44FASTEST LOOP
  • 21DEEPEST HOUR
  • 9.7IN MARATHONS
EVERY RACE

THE RECORD

Every one of Manoj's races, newest first, exactly as the ledger holds it — including the ones that ended early. A DNF is not an asterisk in this sport; it is the ordinary ending.

  • Pune2026BACKYARD ULTRA
    DNF
    15yards · 100.6 km · 15 hours
    Bib 19Fastest loop 45:444 hours in the darkEnded on loop 16
  • Bengaluru2024BACKYARD ULTRA
    DNF
    9yards · 60.4 km · 9 hours
    Bib 1Fastest loop 51:00Ended on loop 10
  • Mumbai2024BACKYARD ULTRA
    FINISHED
    21yards · 140.8 km · 21 hours
    9 hours in the dark
  • Pune2024BACKYARD ULTRA
    DNF
    16yards · 107.3 km · 16 hours
    Fastest loop 46:504 hours in the darkEnded on loop 17

For Manoj, nothing is lost. All is learnt.

THE STORIES MANOJ RAN THROUGH