The Big Dog Backyard Ultra is a relatively new but absolutely awesome ultra running event, and the 2020 event might be even better in this time of coronavirus. This is just a summary of resources to help you (and me) enjoy the race, and eventually final race results and/or details as time allows.
Big Dog Backyard Ultra General Stuff
Big Dog Backyard Ultra links, including Laz’s ongoing commentary / blog after each lap (for as long as he can keep it going).
- Facebook group
- Official web page & summary results
- Laz’s results blog
- Detailed summary results
- Twitter: #BigDogUltra, #BigsBackyardUltra
- Video:
Team and Individual Results
This race is being run with 21 satellite teams, with a potential victory for each county (last one standing in each national race) and an overall victory for the last team with anyone standing. Team results are not yet fully updated / may change, but Karrel Sabbe is the 2020 Big Dog Backyard Ultra champion.
| Country (Team Size) |
Winner (Yards / Miles) |
Assist – |
Team Yards* |
Team Miles |
| 1. Belgium (15) |
Karel Sabbe (75 / 312.5) |
Geerts Merijn | 574 | 2,392 |
| 2. USA (14**) |
Courtney Dewaulter (68 / 283.3) |
Harvey Lewis | 517 | 2,154 |
| 3. Canada (15) |
Stephanie Simpson (43 / 179.2) |
Matt Shepard | 492 | 2,050 |
| 4. Sweden (15) |
Torbjörn Gyllenbring (55 / 229.2) |
Anna Carlsson | 480 | 2,000 |
| 5. France (13) |
Christian Mauduit (46 / 191.7) |
Valéry Caussarieu | 464 | 1,933 |
| 6. Germany (15) |
Marina Kollassa (51 / 212.5) |
Andreas Loeffler & Michael Ohler |
457 | 1,904 |
| 7. Spain (15) |
Jorge Manuel García Rodríguez (36 / 150) |
Gonzalo Novoa Rodríguez | 451 | 1,880 |
| 8. Mexico (15) |
Pedro Parra (64 / 266.7) |
Miguel Lara Viniegra | 447 | 1,862 |
| 9. Finland (15) |
Kati Ahokas (40 / 166.7) |
Emil Söderlund | 447 | 1,863 |
| 10. Ireland (15) |
Ed McGroarty (42 / 175) |
Eoin Keith | 444 | 1,850 |
| 11. Ukraine (15) |
Andrii Tkachuk (41 / 170.8) |
Volodymyr Khanas | 440 | 1,833 |
| 12. Denmark (15) |
Stine Rex (38 / 158.3) |
Jakob Larni Nielsen | 405 | 1,688 |
| 13. UK (15) |
Richie Hinson (38 / 158.3) |
Johnny Breen | 402 | 1,675 |
| 14. Switzerland (15) |
Niklas Sjöblom (32 / 133.3) |
Matthias Dippacher | 373 | 1,554 |
| 15. Australia (15) |
Chris Murphy (46 / 191.7) |
Barry Loveday | 368 | 1,533 |
| 16. New Zealand (15) |
Adam Keen (35 / 145.8) |
Glenn Sutton | 361 | 1,504 |
| 17. Singapore (15) |
Abimanyu Shunmugam (34 / 141.7) |
Wong Hoong Wei | 321 | 1,338 |
| 18. Japan (10) |
Akio Ueno (43 / 179.2) |
Shota Noguchi | 291 | 1,213 |
| 19. Russia (13) |
Tatyana Maslova (28 / 116.7) |
Gennady Karasev | 270 | 1,125 |
| 20. Belarus (13) |
Aksana Sulimchik (26 / 104.2) |
Pavel Kulikou | 174 | 725 |
| 21. India (9**) |
Kartik Joshi (21 / 87.5) |
Ghanshyam Sudan | 145 | 604 |
| 21 Teams 300 Runners? |
– | – | Avg TBD |
Avg TBD |
(*) In Bigs terminology, Laps = Hours = Yards (hourly laps around the yard), each of which is 100/24 or 4.17 miles long. By original Barkley convention, women are underlined.
(**) Team India was originally 11 (?) but only 9 started; Team USA was originally 15 runners, but Mike Wardian had to drop out at the last minute due to injury;
Big Dog Backyard Ultra Teams
There are twenty-one (21) teams in the 2020 Big Dog Backyard Ultra remote World Championship. See Keith Dunn tweet, below, for more:
There 21 teams competing in the Backyard World Championship. Japan has 10 runners, India 11, and the United States 14. All other countries have 15 runners. Awards for most Yards (loops) by a team, each race has its own winner, and (potentially) one overall winner. #BigDogUltra
— Keith (@keithdunn) October 17, 2020
Information for all of these teams is provided, below, if I could find it. Some teams had last minute team changes or cancellations, for final team counts may not match Keith’s initial summary.
Team Australia
- Facebook Page (AAA Racing)
Team Belgium
Laz congratulatory interview with overall winner Karel Sabbe:
- Facebook Page (Team Single Track)
- Facebook Page (Montane Legends Trails)
Team Belarus
Team Belarus’ thirteen runners were done by lap twenty-six (108.3 miles), with a national victory by Aksana Sulimchik. Here are their final results:
| Runner | Nationality | Gender | Age | Yards |
| Aksana Sulimchik | Belarus | F | 34 | 26 |
| Pavel Kulikou | Belarus | M | 25 | 25 |
| Igor Lavnik | Belarus | M | 37 | 21 |
| Alyona Zyuzina | Belarus | F | 41 | 15 |
| Aliaksei Shvants | Belarus | M | 29 | 14 |
| Andrey Berezouski | Belarus | M | 46 | 11 |
| Anton Skuratovich | Belarus | M | 34 | 11 |
| Denis Ivanov | Russia | M | 29 | 9 |
| Alexey Alexeev | Russia | M | 40 | 9 |
| Anton Khramau | Belarus | M | 29 | 8 |
| Yuri Gerasimuk | Belarus | M | 28 | 8 |
| Aliaksandr Bendzer | Belarus | M | 28 | 7 |
| Sviatlana Pukhaeva | Belarus | F | 40 | 5 |
| Ekaterina Strakovich | Belarus | F | 29 | 5 |
| 13 Total Runners 174 Total Yards |
11 Belarus 2 Russia |
9M 4F |
Avg 33.5 |
Avg 12.4 |
- Facebook Page?
Team Canada
Team Denmark
- Facebook Page (Great Dane…)
- Facebook Group (Private!)
Team Finland
- Facebook Page (Nuuksio)
Team France
Team Germany
Team India
India fielded one of the smaller teams, with only nine runners, and everyone was done by lap twenty-one (87.5 miles)–with a team victory by Kartik Joshi.
Kartik Joshi Card Courtesy of Indore Marathon
Here are the final results for India. Congratulations to everyone.
| Runner | Nationality | Gender | Age | Yards |
| KARTIK JOSHI Facebook | Instagram |
Indian | M | 19 | 21 |
| GHANSHYAM SUDANI | Indian | M | 24 | 20 |
| TARANG WADHWANI | Indian | M | 36 | 19 |
| SATHISH KUMAR | Indian | M | 30 | 18 |
| PANKAJ PARDESHI | Indian | M | 27 | 15 |
| SANJAY MUKATI | Indian | M | 29 | 15 |
| PEEYUSH MANJREKAR | Indian | M | 35 | 13 |
| AMRITESH MODI | Indian | M | 36 | 12 |
| VISHNU KAMALIYA | Indian | M | 25 | 12 |
| 9 Runners 145 Total Yards |
9 Indian 0 Other |
9M 0F |
Avg 29.0 |
Avg 16.1 |
- Facebook Page
- Indore Marathons Race Information
Team Ireland & United Kingdom (On Same Course)
- Facebook Group (Last One Standing)
Team Japan
TBD
Team Mexico
TBD
Team New Zealand
After a lively competition with Team Australia, New Zealand ended their race on lap 35 (145.8 miles) with a victory by Adam Keen.
| Runner | Nationality | Gender | Age | Laps |
| Adam Keen | New Zealand | M | 35 | |
| Glenn Sutton | New Zealand | M | 34 | |
| Andy Smith | New Zealand | M | 31 | |
| Fiona Hayvice | New Zealand | F | 31 | |
| Shaun Collins | New Zealand | M | 26 | |
| Matt Bailey | New Zealand | M | 25 | |
| Chris Bisley | New Zealand | M | 23 | |
| Katie Wright | UK/New Zealand | F | 23 | |
| Mike Field | New Zealand | M | 22 | |
| Andrew McDowall | New Zealand | M | 20 | |
| Glenn Kelly | New Zealand | M | 20 | |
| Ian Evans | New Zealand | M | 20 | |
| Michael Stuart | New Zealand | M | 20 | |
| Damien Wood | New Zealand | M | 16 | |
| Russ Thomas | New Zealand | M | 15 | |
| 15 Total Runners 361 Total Yards |
14.5 New Zealand 0.5 United Kingdom |
M13 F2 |
Avg 24.1 |
- Facebook Page (Riverhead Backyard)
Team Philippines
TBD
Team Russia
Russia’s team of fifteen was the third country out, after twenty-eight laps (116.7 miles) and a victory by Tatyana Maslova.
| Runner | Nationality | Gender | Age | Yards |
| Tatyana Maslova |
Russia | F | 28 | |
| Gennady Karasev | Russia | M | 27 | |
| Irina Masanova | Russia | F | 26 | |
| Valeriy Regetsiy | Russia | M | 24 | |
| Oleg Levandovskiy | Russia | M | 22 | |
| Dmitry Demchuk | Russia | M | 18 | |
| Igor Kraev | Russia | M | 18 | |
| Alexey Dyuzhakov | Russia | M | 16 | |
| Aleksandr Rankovskiy | Russia | M | 15 | |
| Marina Evgrafova | Russia | F | 15 | |
| Mikhail Mironenko | Russia | M | 14 | |
| Natalia Porotikova | Russia | F | 13 | |
| Alena Shevchuk | Russia | F | 12 | |
| Andrey Vasilenko | Ukraine | M | 12 | |
| Yuliya Karlina | Russia | F | 10 | |
| 15 Total Runners 270 Total Yards |
14 Russia 1 Ukraine |
9M 6F |
Avg – |
Avg 18 |
Team Singapore
Singapore made it to lap thirty-four (141.7 miles), with Abimanyu Shunmugam as the last one standing.
| Runner | Nationality | Gender | Age | Laps |
| Abimanyu Shunmugam | SINGAPOREAN | M | 49 | 34 |
| Wong Hoong Wei | SINGAPOREAN | M | 40 | 33 |
| Jasmine Goh | SINGAPOREAN | F | 41 | 29 |
| Ben Swee | SINGAPOREAN | M | 44 | 24 |
| Natalie Dau | SINGAPORE PR | F | 48 | 24 |
| Joshua Toh | SINGAPOREAN | M | 43 | 23 |
| Ned Phillips | SINGAPORE PR | M | 53 | 22 |
| Alex Ang | SINGAPOREAN | M | 47 | 21 |
| Melissa Loke | SINGAPOREAN | F | 37 | 21 |
| Sue Corser | SINGAPORE PR | F | 46 | 20 |
| Shorne Lim | SINGAPOREAN | M | 44 | 19 |
| Lim Kay Kiat | SINGAPOREAN | M | 47 | 18 |
| Low Weng Hoe | SINGAPOREAN | M | 44 | 16 |
| Alvin Png | SINGAPOREAN | M | 37 | 11 |
| Winnie Ong | SINGAPOREAN | F | 37 | 6 |
| 15 Total Runners 321 Total Yards |
15 Singaporean | 10M 5F |
Avg 43.8 |
Avg 21.4 |
Team Spain
Team Sweden
Team Switzerland
Switzerland started with fifteen runners, but was down to the last one standing after yard thirty-two (120.8 miles), Niklas Sjöblom.
| Runner | Nationality | Gender | Age | Yards |
| Niklas Sjöblom | Sweden | M | 36 | 32 |
| Matthias Dippacher | Germany | M | 43 | 31 |
| Adrian Brennwald | Switzerland | M | 45 | 30 |
| Luzia Bühler | Switzerland | F | 38 | 29 |
| Christian Knapp | Switzerland | M | 53 | 28 |
| Leona Knüsel | Switzerland | F | 26 | 28 |
| Ole Evers | Germany | M | 26 | 27 |
| Luca Ambrosini | Italy | M | 36 | 26 |
| Till Winkler | Germany | M | 43 | 25 |
| Johannes Stimpfle | Germany | M | 33 | 24 |
| Stefan Knoche | Germany | M | 54 | 24 |
| Basilia Förster | Italy | F | 40 | 22 |
| Manuel Schmid | Switzerland | M | 40 | 18 |
| Michael Kaufmann | Switzerland | M | 52 | 18 |
| Marco Stolba | Switzerland | M | 39 | 11 |
| 15 Total Runners 373 Total Yards |
7 Switzerland 8 Other |
12M 3F |
Avg 40.3 |
Avg 24.9 |
Team Ukraine
The Ukrainian team is racing a park near or in Kiev. Looks chilly.
Team USA (Tennessee)
Team USA is running on the course where the non-pandemic Big Dog Backyard usually takes place–in Laz’s backyard in Belt Buckle Tennessee. The US winner was Courtney Dewaulter on lap 68.
- Live Results (All Results)
More Information
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Peace.
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