Introducing our February athlete, Holly Ranson! I only became aware of Holly recently after her introduction to Backyard Ultras at Hysterical Carnage in 2022 where she was one of five people left standing when the race was stopped due to dangerous weather. Since then I have developed a pretty serious girl […]
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Introducing our January profile and our first for 2023, Aaron Young! For those of you who don’t know Aaron, he was assist to Phil Gore at Birdy’s Backyard last year when the Australian record was brought to 54 yards. He was also part of the Australian team at the satellite World Championship race […]
Introducing our December BYU Australia profile, Gemma Gore! Many of you will know Gemma as the wife and crewwoman of Phil Gore, Australia’s current BYU record holder. I have thoroughly enjoyed getting to know Gemma and it has been fun to get inside her head and learn some tips and tricks of […]
Introducing our November athlete, Carl Douglas! Outside of ultra running, Carl is a weapons and tactics trainer for the police (how cool!) and he has two kids. Carl is no stranger to the backyard ultra format having participated in 6 now with his most recent being at the Satellite World Championships […]
Introducing our next athelete, Jessica Smith! Jess really needs no introduction in our community. She is the reigning Australian female longest distance/laps Backyard Ultra record holder with 46 yards which she achieved when she demolished her own Australian record earlier this year. If I was asked “If you could share […]
Jason has come a long way with his running the last few years. This year saw him break 100 miles in 20 hours (goal was sub24!). He’s also earned himself a spot on the start line of the 2022 Coast to Kosciusko! He tends to be drawn to the soul […]
..the first Australian female to win the prestigious Badwater 135mile (217km) Ultra Marathon through Death Valley… finishing 4th outright. Nikki’s time of 27 Hr 23 Mins is the over 40 yrs age record and the third fastest female time ever. This month’s Runner Profile is the ever-amazing Nikki Wynd. When […]
The runner profile many have been waiting for. LAST ONE STANDING – THE WHITE KENYAN . Ryan Crawford catapulted into the ultra scene in 2018 with a win at Dusk to Dawn 100km after a long stint as a professional Muay Thai fighter. Since then he’s gone on to have wins at […]
Die hard Backyard Ultra fans will already know this guy! Introducing Chris Murphy! My answer to what race in the world I’d like to run, and who I’d like to run with, is Bigs and Courtney Duawalter. Well Chris has done both! He really is a champion of Backyard Ultras and […]
Barry was the 12hour overall champ at Dusk till Dawn (after running 31 consecutive half marathons in January ). It was such a joy to watch him run while I was out on course. A peek at his AURA resume this week tells me this guy really loves to run ultras […]