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Big Dog Backyard Ultra 2020 Results & resources

Big Dog Backyard Ultra 2020

Big Dog Backyard Ultra 2020

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).

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:

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

Team Belgium

Laz congratulatory interview with overall winner Karel Sabbe:

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
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Team Canada

Team Denmark

Team Finland

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

Kartik Joshi Card Courtesy of Indore Marathon

Here are the final results for India. Congratulations to everyone.

Runner Nationality Gender Age Yards
KARTIK JOSHI
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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

Team Ireland & United Kingdom (On Same Course)

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

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
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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.

More Information

If you have suggestions, improvements or just plain ol’ comments, please let me know.

Peace.

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