Backyard Ultra Podcast

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John Bayne is the Captain of the New Zealand Satellite World Championship Team.  John ran his PB of 72 yards at this race two years ago to finish as the assist.  Shaun Collins ran for Team New Zealand in 2020 and ran his PB of 39 yards at Kings last year.  This year, Shaun will be at the helm of th…

Murray loves Backyards and has had a huge 2026.  He has run at Gili, Herdys, Melbourne, Dead Cow Gully and most recently GV, where he ran 25 yards and broke the Australian 66yo age record.  He is crewing for Dan Camac and The Stalwart at The Sat Champs next week and Murray is also the organiser of …

Belgium have been the dominant country in Backyards for years.  Not only have they finished on top of the last 2 Sat Champs, but they have broken the world record both times in the process.  Former world record holder with a PB of 110 yards, Frank Gielen came onto the podcast to give a rundown of t…

The 2026 Satellite Team Championships begin in less than 2 weeks.  There is a Sat Champs Fantasy competition where for fun you can select your own team of 15 runners.  Dom Halbert and Tim Moffatt came on to discuss their teams and selections.  Go to https://backyardultra.com.au/fantasy  To enter y…

Lee has really put himself on the Backyard Ultra map this year.  He started 2026 off running a new PB of 35 yards at Sydney's in April and then in August he ran 45 yards at Reds.  Just over a week ago at Sydney's Backyard Ultra Lee ran another PB, this time by running a massive 65 yards and finishi…

Alex Sweet was the assist for team UK 2 years ago and is running again this year for the second time.  Jay Stapley is making his UK Team debut after qualifying with a massive LOS of 61 yards at Red On Backyard Ultra.  Dom Halbert has been a long time fan of Backyard Ultras and ran 24 yards in the S…

Tanner Elmore is a host on The Threshold Podcast where they often talk about Backyard Ultras and interview Backyard Ultra runners.  The Sat Champs begins in a few weeks and Tanner knows a thing or two about team USA so he came on to break down the course, the runners and give some predictions.

Tim Walsh recently made an announcement that shook the Backyard Ultra world.  The news was that Dead Cow Gully and Last Soul Ultra were combining to create a LSU Australia, held at Dead Cow Gully with the race kicking off in June 2027.  Tim came on the podcast to discuss what all this means.

GV Backyard Ultra was run just over a week ago.  One of the standout performances was Kiara Keating running 33 yards, who was making her Backyard Ultra debut.  It was a very impressive backyard ultra debut and broke the female course record.