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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 Merijn5742,392
2. USA
(14**)
Courtney Dewaulter
(68 / 283.3)
Harvey Lewis5172,154
3. Canada
(15)
Stephanie Simpson
(43 / 179.2)
Matt Shepard4922,050
4. Sweden
(15)
 Torbjörn Gyllenbring
(55 / 229.2)
Anna Carlsson4802,000
5. France
(13)
Christian Mauduit
(46 / 191.7)
Valéry Caussarieu4641,933
6. Germany
(15)
Marina Kollassa
(51 / 212.5)
Andreas Loeffler
& Michael Ohler
4571,904
7. Spain
(15)
Jorge Manuel García Rodríguez
(36 / 150)
Gonzalo Novoa Rodríguez4511,880
8. Mexico
(15)
Pedro Parra
(64 / 266.7)
Miguel Lara Viniegra4471,862
9. Finland
(15)
Kati Ahokas
(40 / 166.7)
Emil Söderlund4471,863
10. Ireland
(15)
Ed McGroarty
(42 / 175)
Eoin Keith4441,850
11. Ukraine
(15)
Andrii Tkachuk
(41 / 170.8)
Volodymyr Khanas4401,833
12. Denmark
(15)
Stine Rex
(38 / 158.3)
Jakob Larni Nielsen4051,688
13. UK
(15)
Richie Hinson
(38 / 158.3)
Johnny Breen4021,675
14. Switzerland
(15)
Niklas Sjöblom
(32 / 133.3)
Matthias Dippacher3731,554
15. Australia
(15)
Chris Murphy
(46  / 191.7)
Barry Loveday3681,533
16. New Zealand
(15)
Adam Keen
(35 / 145.8)
Glenn Sutton3611,504
17. Singapore
(15)
Abimanyu Shunmugam
(34 / 141.7)
Wong Hoong Wei3211,338
18. Japan
(10)
Akio Ueno
(43 / 179.2)
Shota Noguchi2911,213
19. Russia
(13)
Tatyana Maslova
(28 / 116.7)
Gennady Karasev2701,125
20. Belarus
(13)
Aksana Sulimchik
(26 / 104.2)
Pavel Kulikou174725
21. India
(9**)
Kartik Joshi
(21 / 87.5)
Ghanshyam Sudan145604
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:

RunnerNationalityGenderAgeYards
Aksana SulimchikBelarusF3426
Pavel KulikouBelarusM2525
Igor LavnikBelarusM3721
Alyona ZyuzinaBelarusF4115
Aliaksei ShvantsBelarusM2914
Andrey BerezouskiBelarusM4611
Anton SkuratovichBelarusM3411
Denis IvanovRussiaM299
Alexey AlexeevRussiaM409
Anton KhramauBelarusM298
Yuri GerasimukBelarusM288
Aliaksandr BendzerBelarusM287
Sviatlana PukhaevaBelarusF405
Ekaterina StrakovichBelarusF295
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.

RunnerNationalityGenderAgeYards
KARTIK JOSHI
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IndianM1921
GHANSHYAM SUDANIIndianM2420
TARANG WADHWANIIndianM3619
SATHISH KUMARIndianM3018
PANKAJ PARDESHIIndianM2715
SANJAY MUKATIIndianM2915
PEEYUSH MANJREKARIndianM3513
AMRITESH MODIIndianM3612
VISHNU KAMALIYAIndianM2512
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.

RunnerNationalityGenderAgeLaps
Adam KeenNew ZealandM35
Glenn SuttonNew ZealandM34
Andy SmithNew ZealandM31
Fiona HayviceNew ZealandF31
Shaun CollinsNew ZealandM26
Matt BaileyNew ZealandM25
Chris BisleyNew ZealandM23
Katie WrightUK/New ZealandF23
Mike FieldNew ZealandM22
Andrew McDowallNew ZealandM20
Glenn KellyNew ZealandM20
Ian EvansNew ZealandM20
Michael StuartNew ZealandM20
Damien WoodNew ZealandM16
Russ ThomasNew ZealandM15
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.

RunnerNationalityGenderAgeYards
Tatyana Maslova
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RussiaF28
Gennady KarasevRussiaM27
Irina MasanovaRussiaF26
Valeriy RegetsiyRussiaM24
Oleg LevandovskiyRussiaM22
Dmitry DemchukRussiaM18
Igor KraevRussiaM18
Alexey DyuzhakovRussiaM16
Aleksandr RankovskiyRussiaM15
Marina EvgrafovaRussiaF15
Mikhail MironenkoRussiaM14
Natalia PorotikovaRussiaF13
Alena ShevchukRussiaF12
Andrey VasilenkoUkraineM12
Yuliya KarlinaRussiaF10
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.

RunnerNationalityGenderAgeLaps
Abimanyu ShunmugamSINGAPOREANM4934
Wong Hoong WeiSINGAPOREANM4033
Jasmine GohSINGAPOREANF4129
Ben SweeSINGAPOREANM4424
Natalie DauSINGAPORE PRF4824
Joshua TohSINGAPOREANM4323
Ned PhillipsSINGAPORE PRM5322
Alex AngSINGAPOREANM4721
Melissa LokeSINGAPOREANF3721
Sue CorserSINGAPORE PRF4620
Shorne LimSINGAPOREANM4419
Lim Kay KiatSINGAPOREANM4718
Low Weng HoeSINGAPOREANM4416
Alvin PngSINGAPOREANM3711
Winnie OngSINGAPOREANF376
15 Total Runners
321 Total Yards
15 Singaporean10M
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.

RunnerNationalityGenderAgeYards
Niklas SjöblomSwedenM3632
Matthias DippacherGermanyM4331
Adrian BrennwaldSwitzerlandM4530
Luzia BühlerSwitzerlandF3829
Christian KnappSwitzerlandM5328
Leona KnüselSwitzerlandF2628
Ole EversGermanyM2627
Luca AmbrosiniItalyM3626
Till WinklerGermanyM4325
Johannes StimpfleGermanyM3324
Stefan KnocheGermanyM5424
Basilia FörsterItalyF4022
Manuel SchmidSwitzerlandM4018
Michael KaufmannSwitzerlandM5218
Marco StolbaSwitzerlandM3911
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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